"First there must be peace, but Russia does not want peace, so we cannot create any peacekeeping missions, the discussion is about what security guarantees we can provide to Ukraine, this is what is being discussed," she said before a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

"I am proud to be here in Kyiv on the third anniversary of Putin's invasion. I salute the enduring heroism of the Ukrainian people in resisting this despicable act of unprovoked aggression and categorically reject the bizarre falsehoods now being spread about the origins of that war," Johnson said.