Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley interrupted the regular programming of Good Morning Britain on Monday to deliver some “breaking news”.
Before handing over to Richard Gaisford, Susanna announced: “Good Morning Britain, it has just gone eight o’clock, and our main breaking news this morning.
“Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells this programme there is a deal to be done over Ukraine, and now is the time for the UK to step up in negotiations with the US to end.”
Richard then took over, saying: “He was speaking here live just a few minutes ago, predicting that there will be a deal in the next couple of days between America and Ukraine over mineral rights, which effectively, he says, will put America back with skin in the game. Big Game changer, he said.
“Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of course, has said that he’ll step down from his job if it guarantees peace, so a lot happening today,” reports the Manchester Evening News.
Richard added: “This week, Sir Keir Starmer is heading to Washington. He goes on Thursday to meet the US president, and our chief correspondent Richard Gainsford is in Kyiv for us.”
Richard Gaisford, joining via video link, reported: “It certainly is. There’s a big diplomatic gathering here today in Kyiv, 13 world leaders sitting down with Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an emergency summit.
“They’re standing shoulder to shoulder with him, not just against Vladimir Putin, but seemingly, now increasingly, against Donald Trump as well.
“Caught off guard to see Boris Johnson casually walking by in central Kyiv this morning. After a conversation with him, it’s evident he’s dissatisfied with Donald Trump’s method, yet believes a deal with the US is achievable.”
The ITV show then aired a clip of the former Prime Minister speaking with Susanna and Richard.
He said: “You’ve just got to keep knocking the ball back over there.
“I mean, this is crazy stuff, and I agree it’s all well in, but you’ve got to look at what is actually being proposed. And I think, to a certain extent, the deal-making going on, the brinkmanship now is the moment for us to step up and do what I think that Trump wants Europe to do, and that is show how we have a plan to help secure Ukraine.
“And that’s going to mean, I believe, UK troops, there are going to be French troops, troops as another European country.”
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.