"This guarantee is not just for Ukraine, it's for the whole of Europe, he said. It's in the British national interest that we do that, and that's why it's so concerning to me to see some politicians, like Mr Farage, for example, immediately come out [and] parrot the Kremlin line and say that he wouldn't support this."
"It would be a very interesting vote. I would vote against, said Farage, who is one of five Reform MPs. We neither have the manpower nor the equipment to go into an operation that clearly has no ending timeline."
"If the coalition of the willing was eight, 10, a dozen countries and we could rotate battalions through then I might well say, Yeah, absolutely let's do it'. As it is, it will be us and the French completely exposed for an unlimited period of time."
Nigel Farage said he would vote against any UK government proposal to deploy military forces to Ukraine. Britain and France indicated readiness to send troops to Ukraine after a peace deal. Cabinet minister Pat McFadden accused Farage of parroting Kremlin lines and said European and British national interests justify the guarantee to Ukraine. Farage criticised Keir Starmer's Ukraine policy and appeared on Times Radio instead of attending prime minister's questions. He argued the UK lacks the manpower and equipment for an open-ended operation and said a wider coalition rotating battalions would be necessary. A summit of allied leaders included US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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