Starmer challenges Nigel Farage on Ukraine stance: ‘Russia is the aggressor’

The prime minister has responded to a question from Nigel Farage in the House of Commons by “reminding” him that “Russia is the aggressor”.

The Reform UK leader initially told Keir Starmer that it is a “great irony that a Remainer prime minister used Brexit freedoms as effectively as he did yesterday.”

The comment was a reference to Starmer’s intensive diplomacy in recent weeks, and his bid to act as a “bridge” between Europe and the United States.

Farage went on to query whether further US security guarantees are needed in light of the raw materials deal that president Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are set to sign.

Starmer replied: “The minerals deal is not enough on its own.

“But can I just remind him? Russia is the aggressor and Zelenskyy is a war leader whose country has been invaded. We should all be supporting him and not fawning over [Vladimir] Putin.”

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