LONDON, KOMPAS.com – Russian spies defected and warned the world that agents Russian President Vladimir Putin was on the hunt for his opponents. Most of its targets have worked for the FSB, Russia’s new generation of KGBs.
According to an anonymous source, he warned that the Russian special operations team was preparing to cross into Britain from Ireland.
“Because of Covid-19, almost all operations abroad were frozen. Now they are starting to activate it again, “he told Mirror.
The two defector spies are believed to have alerted British police about people on the Kremlin leader’s “murder list”.
Along with the news, the British Army Chief said British Special Forces would be deployed alongside MI6, to counter Russian military intelligence activities that could potentially disrupt British defenses.
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith said Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Ship Service (SBS) would be placed on “different trajectories” in a major overhaul of the armed forces to be announced on Monday (22/3/2021). Daily Mail.
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With the overhaul, British Special Forces will operate alongside MI6 to carry out surveillance operations against Russian intelligence and military units.
The Commander-in-Chief of the British Army said some of their traditional roles would now be taken over by a new Guard Regiment announced on Friday (19/3/2021) ahead of the publication of the Defense Command Documents.
According to him, in the future the Special Forces will track the changing and increasing nature of threats to Britain.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the kingdom’s armed forces needed to adapt. The reason is that in the last 30 years the threat has “changed beyond recognition.”
He promised additional investment for “intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance” as well as for the threat of electronic technology warfare.
The UK will also expand the Royal National Cyber Force. There will be a new Space Command to coordinate military and commercial operations.
The Government Navy will also acquire a new Multi -Role Marine Surveillance (MROSS) vessel, which protects vital submarine cables.
“The most persistent and deadly threat is associated with aggressive state actors,” General Carleton-Smith told The Sunday Telegraph.
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The Telegraph reports, it is likely that a British Special Forces unit will be tasked with MI6 to uncover the activities of the Russian military intelligence, GRU. They are thought to be responsible for the neurotoxin attack in Salisbury, on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
Elite units can also be assigned against Wagner Group activities. This Russian mercenary organization is widely seen as acting as an agent for the Kremlin.
“We can no longer take for granted the” recognition “of the superiority of Western capabilities. Our enemies have more options, “said the British Minister of Defense, writing in a local newspaper.
Wallace added that encryption, precision, and information operation complicate the current threat picture. Because of this, his party is constantly exposed to a ‘gray zone,’ where aggressive action signals the start of open conflict.
The United States (US) government has spent weeks changing a tougher stance on Russia under Joe Biden.
Moscow has once again denied allegations that Russia is a “malicious influence” in the international system.
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The escalation in US and Russian tensions was triggered by a startling new report from US intelligence. Its content describes the existence of a Russian campaign to influence the 2020 elections.
The report was published following US Treasury Department sanctions, which were given to officials in retaliation for Navalny’s poisoning with chemicals.
Among those affected by the sanctions is the director of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, the FSB.
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