Johnson, Biden to Hold Talks over Ukraine Crisis

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going to hold talks with U.S. President Joe Biden over growing concerns of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Johnson said he would be speaking to "various leaders, including Joe Biden, very soon." He also urged Russia to back away from the "edge of the precipice."

Johnson told reporters on Monday: "This is a very, very dangerous, difficult situation. We are on the edge of a precipice, but there is still time for President [Vladimir] Putin to step back."

It would be "disastrous – disastrous for Russia" if it invaded Ukraine, he added.

"What I think all European countries need to do now is get Nord Stream out of the bloodstream," the prime minister revealed, referring to the undersea Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline currently in development.

"Yank out that that hypodermic drip feed of Russian hydrocarbons that is keeping so many European economies going," he said. "We need to find alternative sources of energy ... and get ready to impose some very, very severe economic consequences on Russia."