RUSSIA may never have invaded Ukraine if Britain had not left the EU, the European Parliament's former Brexit coordinator has said.
Guy Verhofstadt, a senior MEP and former Belgian prime minister, told LBC on Tuesday that if Europe had been stronger and more united then Vladimir Putin may not have been emboldened enough to launch the military invasion.
Verhofstadt, also a former candidate for president of the European Commission, said: "This war, this brutal invasion, has started with Putin and Russia.
