Britain’s domestic intelligence agency is devoting more resources to foreign threats than during the Cold War. Its chief calls Russia ‘aggressor number one.’
Britain’s domestic intelligence service is now devoting more resources to countering state threats than it did during the Cold War, MI5 chief Ken McCallum said.
Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, is allocating more resources to combat foreign threats than during the Cold War, according to its chief, Ken McCallum. Russia is identified as "aggressor number one" and is engaged in "hybrid warfare" within Europe, McCallum stated. He pointed out that Russia aims to destabilize European nations while making "minimal and horrifically costly" progress in its war against Ukraine.
Following the removal of Russian agents from the U.K., Russian intelligence services are reportedly "scrambling to pay criminals to do their bidding," McCallum added. McCallum emphasized that these actions do not reflect the strategic dominance of a great power, stating, "These are not the actions of a great power with the strategic upper hand."
Officials from various European countries, such as Germany, France, and Poland, have previously accused Russian authorities of attempting to carry out acts of sabotage against Ukraine's allies.
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