Western Powers Aiding Ukraine ... Placed on Notice of Russian Sabotage

"We  have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe, even as Putin and his acolytes resort to nuclear sabre-rattling, to sow fear about the consequences of aiding Ukraine." 

"Such activity and rhetoric is dangerous and beyond irresponsible."

Richard Moore, M16 chief, Britain

RAF Tornado with two Storm Shadow missiles. Britain is expected to supply Storm Shadow missiles for use by Ukraine on targets inside Russia, now that the US has agreed to do the same for the similar American long-range Atacms weapon. Photograph: Cpl L Matthews/PA

 

Russia, according to the head of British foreign intelligence service. is conducting a "staggeringly reckless" sabotage campaign against the western allies supporting Ukraine against Moscow in its invasion and conflict imposed upon its neighbour. Richard Moore, chief of M16 has taken a preventive initiative in dispatching his spies to apprehend the Russian campaign before it spirals out of control and dire consequences ensue.

The M16 chief stated empathically that a Russian victory in Ukraine would not only threaten Europe but American security as well, a message clearly meant to reach the ears of incoming U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Working alongside his French intelligence counterpart to prevent a dangerous escalation by "calibrating the risk and informing the decisions of our respective governments" the warning responds to President Vladimir Putin's "mix of bluster and aggression".

 

Addressing diplomats and intelligence officers in France, Moore spoke alongside Nicolas Lerner, head of France's external intelligence agency, the DGSE, during an event commemorating 120 years of the Entente Cordiale, a mutually-reliant pact binding Britain and France together as military and diplomatic allies, ending ancient rivalries between the two countries.

Russian intelligence is suspected by Western security officials of attempting to destabilize Ukraine's Western allies through a campaign of disinformation, sabotage and arson. A campaign whereby Moscow has been linked to a number of planned attacks in Europe. Among them a plot to set fire to  Ukrainian-owned businesses in London. As well as a scheme where incendiary devices contained in packages were found to be placed on cargo planes.

One such package burst into fire at a courier hub in Germany in July, while another in England ignited in a warehouse. "The collective security of the whole of Europe is at stake", repeated France's Lerner, stating that Britain's experience went back to the era a decade or so earlier when Russian agents used deadly chemicals as tools of assassination in Britain to destroy the lives of expatriate Russians critical of the Kremlin.

Among Ukrainian allies most involved in arming and supporting Ukraine in its counteroffensive against Russian territorial ambitions both Britain and France have given allowance to Kyiv to make use of weapons they have supplied to hit targets inside Russia's borders. In so doing, linking their determination to make whatever moves are felt to be required to ensure that Russia's plans of dominating a sovereign Ukraine and extracting greater tracts of its land mass to incorporate into Greater Russia is stopped, alongside U.S. initiatives to do likewise.

Although the European cruise missiles are manufactured by missile-maker MBDA, the U.S. controls some of their tech, giving it a voice in their use. | Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images