The Reform leader has attracted criticism from across the UK political spectrum after he said the West had 'provoked' Putin's war against Ukraine
The Reform leader has attracted criticism from across the UK political spectrum after he said the West had"provoked" Putin's war against UkraineThe Reform UK leader said on Sunday he had been right to say that western governments had “played into Putin’s hands” when he said in a BBC interview last week “we provoked this war”.
The Russian state-owned Gazeta website, under the headline “The Federation Council appreciated the recognition of the British policy on Ukraine”, quoted the council’s communications chief Alexey Pushkov as saying Mr Farage was “not afraid to speak directly about the causes of the Ukrainian crisis and blame NATO for this crisis”.
The state-run TV channel RT reported Mr Farage’s words under the headline “West ‘provoked’ Ukraine conflict – Nigel Farage”., which has made a dent in support for both Conservatives and Labour since Mr Farage declared his intention to run as a candidate on 4 July.understands the Tories will not seek to weaponise the row as they believe that attacking Mr Farage directly will only alienate ex-Tory voters who have gone to Reform.
He added: “But that doesn’t change the fact that I saw it coming a decade ago, warned that it was coming and am one of the few political figures who has been consistently right and honest about Russia’s Ukraine war. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Saturday Reform UK leader was “completely wrong and only plays into Putin’s hands”, and likened the comments made in the interview to appeasement of the Russian president.
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