Britain in a new warning faces an ‘age of uncertainty’ as an ‘expansionist’ Russia wages a new type of warfare exporting ‘chaos’.
The new head of the MI6, Blaise Metreweli warns today that the ‘front line is everywhere’ for MI6 as the rules of conflict are being rewritten by Russia and other hostile states.
The new spy chief, who is the first woman to lead MI6 in its history, is set to call out the acute threat posed by an ‘aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist’ Russia under President Vladimir Putin.
Describing Putin’s regime as an exporter of ‘chaos’, she will outline how Britain faces a new hybrid threat landscape as Russia wages information warfare.
Speaking at MI6’s headquarters today, Ms Metreweli wants to send a message to Putin that Britain will continue to stand by Ukraine.
‘Putin should be in no doubt, our support is enduring. The pressure we apply on Ukraine’s behalf will be sustained,’ she will say.
‘The export of chaos is a feature, not a bug in the Russian approach to international engagement; and we should be ready for this to continue until Putin is forced to change his calculus.’
