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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says

A night shot of firefighters at work on a smouldering warehouse unit
The aftermath of a 2024 arson attack ordered by Moscow on a warehouse in east London that was storing supplies destined for Ukraine. Photograph: London Fire Brigade/PA

Britain may already be at war with Russia because of the depth and intensity of cyber-attacks, sabotage and other hostile activity orchestrated by Moscow against the UK, according to a former head of MI5.

Eliza Manningham-Buller, who led the domestic spy agency two decades ago, said she agreed with comments made by the Russia expert Fiona Hill, who argued in a Guardian interview earlier this year that Moscow was at war with the west.

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