Germany's Scholz, UK's Johnson discussed Ukraine border situation

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed the situation on the Ukrainian border and agreed that further Russian military aggression against Ukraine must be averted, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

In a phone call on Thursday, Scholz and Johnson also agreed that it must be clear that Russia would have to face considerable costs in case of further aggression, the spokesperson added.

(Reporting by Riham Alkousaa, editing by Kirsti Knolle)