- Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the creation of a new National Centre for Information Defence during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly .
- The new unit will be led from the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet to combat Russian information warfare and election interference.
- Burnham accused Russian agencies of conducting an industrial-scale assault on the UK and its allies by spreading lies and disinformation.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rebuked the announcement, accusing Britain of stoking anti-Russian sentiment and fostering Russophobia.
- Peskov described the British strategy as short-sighted, arguing it will do nothing to ease tensions or de-escalate conflict in Europe.
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