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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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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 89 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“No shit,” the world whispered back.

[–] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 day ago

Well, fuck em.

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Fuck him too.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I mean, I know I did.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day 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 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 23 hours ago (1 children)

It is too fucking gradual.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour 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 1 day ago

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

Putin would never be that mean would he?

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

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

[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

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