jun 21, 2024 - Farage Claims West Provoked Ukrainian War

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Nigel Farage has been criticised for suggesting the West "provoked" Russia's invasion of Ukraine by expanding the European Union and Nato military alliance eastwards.

The Reform UK leader told the BBC that "of course" the war was President Vladimir Putin's fault.

But he added that the expansion of the EU and Nato gave him a "reason" to tell the Russian people "they're coming for us again".

Former Conservative Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who is not standing in the election, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Mr Farage was like a "pub bore we've all met at the end of the bar".

Conservative Home Secretary James Cleverly said Mr Farage was echoing Mr Putin's "vile justification" for the war and Labour branded him "unfit" for any political office.

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