Coverage dated June 21, 2024

UK’s Nigel Farage sparks outrage from opponents after saying West ‘provoked’ Ukraine war

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Nigel Farage, a figurehead of the UK’s populist right drew the ire of his political opponents following an interview with the BBC where he attributed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the expansion of the European Union.

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  1. The Boston Globe

    Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, criticized for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine (opens The Boston Globe)

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    In a BBC television interview broadcast Friday evening, Farage drew a link between the expansion of NATO and the European Union eastwards over the past few decades and the invasion.

  2. Green Field Reporter

    Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, criticized for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., the recently formed right-wing party that is seeking to woo voters away from Britain’s governing Conservatives at the July 4 general election, is facing wide-ranging criticism over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin to…

  3. Breitbart News

    Establishment Freakout as Farage Says West 'Provoked' Ukraine War (opens Breitbart News)

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    Nigel Farage suggested that in seeking to expand NATO and the EU into Ukraine, the West "provoked" the Russian invasion.

  4. KRDO

    UK’s Nigel Farage sparks outrage from opponents after saying West ‘provoked’ Ukraine war (opens KRDO)

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    By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Nigel Farage, a figurehead of the UK’s populist right, has sparked outrage from political opponents after saying the West “provoked” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Farage – who heads the fast-growing Reform UK political party and was a pivotal figure in in Brexit – is seek…

  5. Washington Times

    Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., criticized for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine (opens Washington Times)

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    Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform U.K. party, is facing wide-ranging criticism across the political spectrum over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, including of being an appeaser.

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