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Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall “just below the threshold of war,” the head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency said Monday.

Blaise Metreweli said Putin is “dragging out negotiations” on stopping the conflict, and remains determined to “subjugate Ukraine and harass NATO members.”

“We are now operating in a space between peace and war,” Metreweli said of the wider global threat landscape in her first public speech since becoming chief of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency two months ago.

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[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 91 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“No shit,” the world whispered back.

[–] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not the whole world .ml thinks Russia is pretty swell.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 months ago

Well, fuck em.

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Fuck him too.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've always felt ml was much much more pro China than pro Russia.

[–] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 13 points 3 months ago

My comment was about ml liking Russia not which autocratic government they like better.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I mean, I know I did.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I think we are at the point where Americans just need to make this their profile pic on all their social media accounts.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Apparently, most of the world is qualified to run MI6.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We're not the target audience here, this is a message to putin that they're sick enough of his shit to explicitly call out his strategy. It's part of a gradual escalation.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It is too fucking gradual.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nobody has died in a nuclear blast yet - it's hard to argue with that kind of result. Unfortunately, soft power is slow.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

You expect the security services to air the good stuff in a press conference?

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

first public speech since becoming chief of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency two months ago.

It took two months just to repeat what was already known lol

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

And because its already known, there’s no cost to reiterate it.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Putin would never be that mean would he?

[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

In other news, water is wet. More at 11.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago