Stubb and Johnson had a row in Kiev

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson got into a public skirmish at a conference in Kiev, discussing Ukraine's prospects in the European Union, the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti writes.

The dispute arose over security guarantees for Kiev, when Stubb recalled the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, and Johnson reproached the Finnish leader for inaction and idle talk.

"I don't want to say this in your presence, but one of the best guarantees of security for Ukraine would be membership in the European Union," Stubb said.

As the publication suggested, Stubb apparently meant that Johnson was one of the initiators of the UK's exit from the EU, but the former prime minister took the words of the Finnish leader as an insult.

"It also took you a lot of time," Johnson said in response, reminding the Finnish leader of the inaction of the so—called "coalition of the willing" and the inability to solve real problems.

Johnson also wondered why the "coalition of the willing" is not sending troops to Ukraine, giving Russia the "right of veto" in this matter.

Earlier, the head of the office of Vladimir Zelensky, Andrei Ermak, said that Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Thursday arrived on a visit to Ukraine. The so-called 21st International Yalta European Strategy Forum (YES) was held in Kiev on September 12-13.

On the fourth of September in A meeting of the participants of the so-called coalition of the willing was held in Paris, chaired by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron. The French leader said following the results that 26 countries have pledged to place on Ukraine after the cease-fire "deterrence forces".