{"id":131613,"date":"2024-11-30T02:34:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T19:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131613"},"modified":"2024-11-30T02:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T19:34:51","slug":"uk-intelligence-chief-accuses-russia-of-staggeringly-reckless-sabotage-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131613","title":{"rendered":"UK intelligence chief accuses Russia of &#8216;staggeringly reckless&#8217; sabotage campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 The head of Britain\u2019s foreign intelligence service said Friday that Russia is conducting a \u201cstaggeringly reckless\u201d sabotage campaign against Ukraine\u2019s Western allies, and that his spies are working to stop the consequences from spiraling out of control.<\/p>\n<p>And in a message aimed in part at U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump, MI6 chief Richard Moore said that Russian victory in Ukraine would threaten American, as well as European, security.<\/p>\n<p>Moore said his agency and its French counterpart were working together to a dangerous escalation by \u201ccalibrating the risk and informing the decisions of our respective governments\u201d in response to President Vladimir Putin\u2019s \u201cmix of bluster and aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe, even as Putin and his acolytes resort to nuclear saber-rattling, to sow fear about the consequences of aiding Ukraine,\u201d Moore said during a speech to diplomats and intelligence officials in France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch activity and rhetoric is dangerous and beyond irresponsible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moore spoke alongside Nicolas Lerner, head of France\u2019s external intelligence agency, the DGSE at an event marking 120 years of the Entente Cordiale, a pact between Britain and France that bound the age-old rivals together as military and diplomatic allies.<\/p>\n<p>Western security officials suspect that <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-poland-germany-sabotage-cargo-planes-b7f559805d7a996dd6aabe8e69041607\">Russian intelligence<\/a><\/span> is trying to destabilize Ukraine\u2019s allies through disinformation, sabotage and arson.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has been linked by Western officials to several planned attacks in Europe, including an alleged <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/british-man-accused-hostile-activity-arson-benefit-russia-06dec3cafa7be7293f481f160806ee2f\">plot to burn down Ukrainian-owned businesses in London<\/a><\/span>, and to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-poland-germany-sabotage-cargo-planes-b7f559805d7a996dd6aabe8e69041607\">incendiary devices in packages<\/a><\/span> on cargo planes. In July one caught fire at a courier hub in Germany and another ignited in a warehouse in England.<\/p>\n<p>Lerner agreed that \u201cthe collective security of the whole of Europe is at stake\u201d in Ukraine. He said Britain\u2019s experience tackling Russia in the wake of recent attacks like the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/1a4c95b0e6af4d70b054c8030e177b47\">2018 Salisbury Novichok poisoning of a former Russian spy<\/a><\/span>, was invaluable to French intelligence seeking to defuse Russian actions.<\/p>\n<p>Britain and France have been among Ukrainian allies most willing to allow Kyiv to use weapons they supply \u2013 especially missiles known as Scalp in France and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-missiles-war-nato-zelenskyy-b8039dcdd5b5f03415acd757fbead8e6\">Storm Shadow in Britain<\/a><\/span> \u2013 to hit targets inside Russia. The Biden administration recently eased its long-held opposition to U.S.-made missiles being used to strike Russia. Ukraine said last week it had used the American ATACM missiles to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-1000-days-attack-06002c8c50bfb2fc622f446a8580bc0e\">target Russia for the first time<\/a><\/span> in the war.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Putin has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-nuclear-doctrine-putin-91f20e0c9b0f9e5eaa3ed97c35789898\">lowered the official threshold<\/a><\/span> for Russia\u2019s use of its nuclear weapons, and Russia has pounded Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure with hundreds of missiles and drones, in what Putin said was a response to the firing of the American missiles against Russian soil. Russia also fired <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-icbm-attackddnipro-38b0faf6eed2cef98bdbc9be18f58244\">a new intermediate-range ballistic missile<\/a><\/span>, called Oreshnik, and Putin threatened to use it against \u201cdecision-making centers\u201d in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.<\/p>\n<p>In a warning to allies wavering in support for Ukraine, Moore said that \u201cthe cost of supporting Ukraine is well-known, but the cost of not doing so would be infinitely higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has criticized the billions the Biden administration has spent in supporting Ukraine and has said he could end the war in 24 hours \u2014 comments that appear to suggest he would press Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia now occupies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Putin is allowed to succeed in reducing Ukraine to a vassal state, he will not stop there,\u201d Moore said. \u201cOur security \u2014 British, French, European and trans-Atlantic \u2014 will be jeopardized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that if Russia wins, Iran and China \u2014 which so far support Moscow as \u201ca transaction\u201d \u2014 would draw closer to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Putin succeeds, China would weigh the implications, North Korea would be emboldened and Iran would become yet more dangerous,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>Some European officials worry about what Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica first\u201d agenda means for trans-Atlantic relations, but Moore \u2014 whose name has been mentioned as a possible choice for U.K. ambassador to Washington \u2014 said he was confident the bond was strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades the U.S.-U.K. intelligence alliance has made our societies safer,\u201d he said. \u201cI worked successfully with the first Trump administration to advance our shared security and look forward to doing so again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); 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