X user unhappynow criticizes Biden, Johnson

X user @unhappynow posted on May 23 that “Maybe the muppets Johnson & Biden should not have started this war,” in a message criticizing former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden. The post was framed as opinion and did not cite documents, officials or other evidence for its claim. The comment appeared in a broader stream of geopolitical discussion on X tied to the war in Ukraine and Western support for Kyiv. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, according to contemporaneous statements and timelines from governments and international institutions. Johnson was Britain’s prime minister at the time, and Biden was serving as U.S. president. Both leaders publicly condemned Russia’s move and later backed military, financial and diplomatic support for Ukraine. ### What exactly did the X post say? The May 23 post from @unhappynow said: “Maybe the muppets Johnson & Biden should not have started this war.” The wording directly named Johnson and Biden and suggested they bore responsibility for starting the conflict. The post, as described in the available briefing material, did not include links, screenshots, official records or any supporting explanation. No additional context from the account holder was provided in the source material reviewed for this story. (gov.uk) ### Who are the two leaders named in the post? Boris Johnson was the prime minister of the United Kingdom in February 2022, when he addressed Parliament on the situation in Ukraine and announced sanctions in response to Russian actions. A joint statement published by Ukraine’s presidency also showed Johnson meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Feb. 1, 2022, before the full-scale invasion. (x.com) Joe Biden was the president of the United States when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. In remarks that day, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “chosen this war” and announced additional U.S. sanctions and measures in response to the invasion. ### Did official records say Johnson or Biden started the war? (gov.uk) Official timelines and statements reviewed for this story attribute the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022 to Russia’s invasion. The United Nations reported that Russia announced the start of a “special military operation” as the Security Council met on the crisis, and multiple contemporaneous reports described Russian forces entering Ukraine on several fronts on Feb. 24, 2022. (millercenter.org) Biden’s Feb. 24 remarks said Putin was the aggressor, while Johnson’s Feb. 22 parliamentary statement addressed sanctions and Britain’s response to Russia’s actions. The official materials reviewed did not support the claim in the X post that Johnson and Biden “started” the war. ### Why are Johnson and Biden often mentioned in Ukraine debate online? (news.un.org) Johnson and Biden were two of the best-known Western leaders involved in the early diplomatic and military response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Johnson made a surprise visit to Kyiv in April 2022, and Biden repeatedly announced sanctions, arms support and allied coordination in the months after the invasion. (gov.uk) Social media posts often collapse those later policy decisions into broader arguments about responsibility for the war. In this case, the post itself offered an accusation, not a sourced account. ### What can readers verify for themselves? The X post can be checked directly on @unhappynow’s account, and the timeline of the war’s opening phase can be checked against public records from the White House, the British government and the United Nations. (millercenter.org) Those records place the start of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, with Russian forces entering Ukraine and Western leaders responding afterward. As of May 24, 2026, the post remained the clearest next step for readers who want to review the exact wording on X, while the official statements from Feb. 22 and Feb. 24, 2022 provide the primary public record for Johnson’s and Biden’s positions. (gov.uk)