UK’s anti-EU leader accused of being apologist for Russia before vote

Nigel Farage, the head of Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP), lambasted the European Union over its handling of Ukraine in the debate on Wednesday evening, saying the bloc had provoked Russia into taking action and had “blood on its hands”.

“We should hang our heads in shame,” Farage, whose party is forecast to poll strongly in elections to the European Parliament in May, said during an LBC radio debate with Nick Clegg, Britain’s deputy prime minister.