‘Useful idiot’ Corbyn to join rally urging Kyiv to cave in

JEREMY Corbyn was last night branded one of Vladimir Putin’s ‘useful idiots’ by ukraine’s government for agreeing to speak at a Russian propaganda event in New york.

The former Labour leader, who is now sitting as an independent, is due to appear at the ‘Real Path to Peace in ukraine’ on November 19.

Hard-Left organisers The People’s Forum parrot pro-Moscow propaganda on the event’s web page, blaming the invasion of ukraine on Nato expansion and us imperialism. Mr Corbyn will join a panel that urges ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to talk peace with Putin and tells Kyiv’s Western allies to halt the delivery of arms.

‘There is no road to peace if us government policy remains to obstruct negotiations and send endless weapons into the war zone,’ the group said.

Not a single ukrainian has been invited to the so-called debate. Mr Corbyn’s decision to join a conference that calls on ukraine to back down to Russia could dismay even some of his most ardent supporters. The uN has accused Moscow’s troops of war crimes including torture, the rape of women and children and massacres of civilians.

ukrainian presidential adviser Dasha Zarivna said: ‘Once again Jeremy Corbyn finds himself cosying up to known associates of Putin and other useful idiots manipulated by the Kremlin. Demanding that ukraine start negotiating with an aggressor and calling on the West to end the supply of weapons that allow us to defend ourselves from an unprovoked invasion that has caused genocide is nothing short of a disgrace.’

Labour leader Keir starmer has refused to return the whip to Mr Corbyn after he called in april for Nato to be disbanded. But he remains a party member, having served a suspension after a damning probe into antisemitism during his five-years as leader.

Mr Corbyn said last night he was unaware of who would be joining him at the event.