Fact check: Former Nato chief did not say EU expansion ‘provoked’ Putin

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Lord Robertson had previously said of President Putin, in an interview with the New Statesman, that: “[he’s] not bothered about Nato, or Nato enlargement”. He also said: “The whole Ukraine crisis started with the offer of an [EU] accession agreement to Ukraine [in 2014].” However, Lord Robertson added that the EU was “not at fault”, and has since said that Mr Farage is “parroting the Kremlin Line”.

Reviewed by PA Media ↗ · June 25, 2024