Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The Reform UK leader said that the “ever-eastward expansion of Nato and the European Union” gave Vladimir Putin a reason to justify war.interview with Nick Robinson echo arguments made by Donald Trump, the former US president and friend of Farage.

Pressed on whether his rhetoric was echoing that of the Russian president, Farage said: “But, hang on a second, we provoked this war. It’s – you know, of course it’s his fault, he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse.”Advertisement Elsewhere in the interview, he added that vetting blunders with candidates standing for Reform were in part due to the fact that before his leadership, the party was “desperate” for people to stand.Tobias Ellwood, the former Tory defence minister, told: “This is a shocking statement by Farage. A sovereign state was illegally invaded and Farage blames the West. Churchill will be turning in his grave.

James Cleverly, the Home Secretary, tweeted: “Just Farage echoing Putin’s vile justification for the brutal invasion of Ukraine.”Liam Fox, the former Tory defence secretary, said: “The West did not ‘provoke this war’ in Ukraine and it is shocking that Nigel Farage should say so. “Up until now, there has been a united front among Britain’s political leaders in supporting the people of Ukraine against the unprovoked and unjustifiable assault they have suffered at the hands of Vladimir Putin.

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