NATO and EU ‘Provoked’ Ukraine War, Reform UK’s Farage Says
- Tells BBC he stands by past controversial comments on Ukraine
- Remarks spark condemnation from Tory, Labour leaders
Ukrainian soldiers take cover during mine and shell detonation work in Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 15.
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The expansion of NATO and the European Union into eastern Europe is to blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party surging in the polls.
In a BBC interview Friday, Farage stood by comments he made previously pointing the finger at the West, saying “it was obvious” more eastern European countries joining the pacts would provoke Russian President Vladimir Putin.