How the world reacted to Boris Johnson’s resignation

He ‘really does not like us – and we [do not like] him either’, said Vladimir Putin’s spokesman

Boris Johnson and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy called Johnson a ‘hero’ and a ‘true friend’
(Image credit: Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

World leaders and prominent politicians have reacted to the news that Boris Johnson is to step down after less than three years in No. 10, making him one of Britain’s shortest-serving prime ministers of modern times.

Praise was heaped on the outgoing PM by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who described Johnson as a “hero” and a “true friend”.

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