Rishi Sunak has labelled "clearly ridiculous" claims by Vladimir Putin that the West and Nato are to blame for the war in Ukraine.In an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Russian president repeated his claim that his invasion of Ukraine, which Kyiv and its allies described as an unprovoked act of aggression, was necessary to protect Russian speakers in Ukraine and prevent the country from posing a threat to Russia by joining Nato.

Rishi Sunak has labelled "clearly ridiculous" claims by Vladimir Putin that the West and Nato are to blame for the war in Ukraine.In an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Russian president repeated his claim that his invasion of Ukraine, which Kyiv and its allies described as an unprovoked act of aggression, was necessary to protect Russian speakers in Ukraine and prevent the country from posing a threat to Russia by joining Nato.