Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6, has told LBC that Russia is employing 'grey conflict' tactics across mainland Europe, urging UK citizens to be prepared for disruption to daily life. He explained that this involves sabotage and operational disruptions, such as cutting cables, to target national infrastructure.
The former head of MI6 has told LBC that " grey conflict " is currently being employed by Russia across mainland Europe, explaining that UK citizens should be prepared for "serious inconvenience in our daily lives". Explaining that " Russia already thinks its at war with the West", Sir Richard Dearlove - who was widely known as 'C' within the intelligence services - highlighted that communications outages are set to become increasingly common.
"Let’s say an international cable under the sea is cut, it might mean a breakdown in international communications, it might mean a fire on an industrial estate where there’s a factory doing something in conjunction with armourments manufacturing."Recent days have seen an increasing escalation in tensions between the UK, US and Russia.It comes as the Russian president expelled six UK diplomats on Friday over what the Foreign Office has claims are "baseless" spying charges.
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