by Jose Nino, Big League Politics:

Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist Reform UK party, declared on June 21, 2024 that the expansion of NATO and the European Union into eastern Europe provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

During a BBC interview on June 21, Farage pinned the blame on the Collective West, stating “it was obvious” more eastern European countries joining the defense agreements would provoke Russian President Vladimir Putin.