Nigel Farage doubles down on his feedback about invading Ukraine regardless of the uproar
Nigel Farage has defied criticism over his claims that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine regardless of a rising backlash.
The UK Reform chief was criticized by Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer after he stated the “steady eastward enlargement of NATO and the EU” gave Vladimir Putin a purpose to justify battle.
Mr Sunak stated he was “utterly fallacious” whereas Sir Keir stated he was “disgusted” by the feedback. Farage additionally confronted accusations of being a “defender” of Putin by Sir Ed Davey, chief of the Lib Dems.
Nonetheless, Farage, writing in The Telegraph, denied the furor and confused his place.
He stated: “I’m not and have by no means been a defender or supporter of Putin. His invasion of Ukraine was immoral, outrageous and indefensible. As a champion of nationwide sovereignty, I consider that Putin was utterly fallacious when he invaded the sovereign state of Ukraine.
He added: “However this doesn’t change the truth that I predicted this may occur a decade in the past, warned in opposition to it, and I’m one of many few political figures who has all the time been proper and sincere about Russia’s battle in Ukraine.”
Farage added: “What I have been saying for the previous ten years is that the West performed into Putin’s fingers and gave him an excuse to do what he wished to do anyway.”
