UK PM 'doubts' Putin's sincerity in entering talks with Ukraine

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he "doubts" Russian President Vladimir Putin's "sincerity" in entering talks with Ukraine.

"If he wants to stop, if he wants to withdraw, if he wants to negotiate, that's very good news. I have my doubts, I've got to tell you. Nothing I've seen so far in his behavior that leads me to think that he could possibly be sincere," Johnson said, speaking to reporters in the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London on Sunday.

His statements echo those of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said earlier on Sunday that he does not "really believe in the result of this meeting". 

"But let them try," Zelensky said. "So that no citizen of Ukraine would have any doubt that I, as president, did not try to stop the war when there was even a small chance."