panorama that he d previously said he admired vladimir putin as a political operator but disliked him as a person. the prime minister, rishi sunak has joined other politicians critcising mr farage. he said the leader of reform uk s comments were dangerous. what he said was completely wrong and only plays into putin s hands. this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets of britain who s doing deals with countries like north korea. and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain s security, the security of our allies that rely on us and only emboldens putin further. ukrainian officials say mr farage s comments mirror the claims of the kremlin. our security correspondent, gordon corera, is in kyiv. one source in the presidential office did tell the bbc that, in their words, the virus of putinism unfortunately affects people and can be even worse in its consequences than covid, and that that virus needs to be nipped in the bud. and i think you can hear from the t