The UK and its Western allies are ready to launch sanctions against Russia “the moment the first Russian toecap crosses further into Ukrainian territory,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Speaking at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 1 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Johnson said the UK and allies “will always stand up for freedom and democracy and Ukrainian sovereignty in the face of aggression.” He said Moscow must understand there will “automaticity” in the way the sanctions will be applied, saying, “The minute there is a further incursion into sovereign Ukrainian territory they will apply.” Johnson said the build-up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border was possibly the greatest act of hostility “towards the Ukraine in our lifetimes.” But any conflict would come at a high cost for Russia. “The Ukrainian army will fight. They will put a very, very, very fierce and bloody resistance …