ITV GMB comes to a stop as Susanna Reid delivers 'breaking' Boris Johnson statement

On Monday, Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley interrupted their regular programming to bring viewers a breaking news update.

Before handing over to their chief correspondent Richard Gaisford, live in Kyiv, 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 continued: "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."

As reported by the Manchester Evening News, Richard added: "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," Richard also mentioned that this week, Sir Keir Starmer is heading to Washington on Thursday to meet the US president.

Then, Richard Gaisford joined via video link from Kyiv and 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.

"One unexpected encounter left me taken aback - bumping into Boris Johnson strolling through central Kyiv this morning. Following our chat, it's clear he has reservations about Donald Trump's tactics but remains optimistic about the potential for a deal with the US."

Then, in a clip aired on the ITV show, the former Prime Minister shared his thoughts with Susanna and Richard, reports Bristol Live.

Boris Johnson emphasised, "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."

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