President Zelensky says Nigel Farage ‘has been infected by the virus of Putinism’ as Rishi Sunak blasts ‘completely wrong’ Reform leader for saying West provoked Ukraine war [Video]

President Zelensky‘s office has suggested that Nigel Farage has been ‘infected by the virus of Putinism’ after he said the West was to blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

It comes as Rishi Sunak said today that Mr Farage’s comments were ‘completely wrong and only play into Putin’s hands’.

The Reform UK leader has been blasted by politicians and army veterans for ‘echoing Putin‘s vile justification’ for the conflict in an interview for the BBC‘s Panorama election specials.

Grilled by presenter Nick Robinson, Mr Farage insisted the eastward ‘expansion’ of the Western alliance and political bloc had ‘given a reason’ for the Russian president to attack.

The Reform UK leader also spoke of his ‘admiration’ for Putin as a ‘political operator’ but insisted he disliked the Russian leader as a person.

Although there has been no official reaction from Kyiv, a source from President Zelensky’s office told the BBC: ‘The virus of …