# Nigel Farage hits back at ‘utter b******s’ Russia claims before warning Vladimir Putin poses huge threat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nigel-farage-hits-back-at-utter-bs-russia-claims-before-warning-vladimir-putin-poses-huge-threat/
- Published: 2026-11-06T00:35:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T01:35:48+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin
- Topics: Europe, Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Farage denies saying he understood Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
- He now says Putin poses a major threat to the UK.
- Rivals continue to challenge Reform UK’s record on Russia.

## Summary

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has rejected reports that he said he understood Russia’s annexation of Crimea, calling the claims “utter b******s”. He also said he now regards Vladimir Putin as a major threat to the UK and Western Europe, as Farage faces renewed scrutiny over his past comments and his party’s stance on Russia.

The disputed remarks were attributed to Farage in 2022 and concerned Russian-speaking communities in Crimea and the Donbas; Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Farage said he had described Putin as a capable political operator, not as someone he supported, and said he would not live in Russia. Reform UK’s newly named armed forces spokesman, Angus MacIntyre, said Farage had backed shooting down Russian aircraft that entered Nato airspace, while political opponents cited Farage’s record and former Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill’s jailing for accepting pro-Kremlin bribes.

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