Britain might already be at war with Russia, ex-MI5 chief warns
Former MI5 boss questions UK’s relationship with Russia
- Eliza Manningham-Buller, a former MI5 chief, has warned that Britain may already be at war with Russia, citing a rise in cyber attacks, sabotage, and covert operations on UK soil.
- Speaking on the Lord Speaker’s Corner podcast, she echoed foreign policy expert Fiona Hill's view that Russia is waging a “different sort of war” against the West, characterised by extensive hostility and intelligence work.
- She said that Moscow's actions since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine demonstrate a prolonged hostility against the West.
- That included “sabotage, intelligence collection, attacking people” in Britain, she said.
- Fiona Hill previously warned The Guardian that the UK is “already at war” with Russia, caught between Putin's Russia and an “unreliable US” under Donald Trump.
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