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The heads of the CIA and MI6: The global order is at risk

Theglobalorderis“facingathreatunlikeanyseensincetheColdWar,”accordingtoSirRichardMoore,HeadofMI6,andCIADirectorWilliamBurnsinajointarticle.

TheintelligenceleadersemphasizedthatLondonandWashingtonareunitedin"resistingamoreassertiveRussiaandPutin’saggressivewarinUkraine."

MooreandBurnswritethattheyhadpredictedinadvancethatafull-scaleRussianinvasionofUkrainewouldtakeplace.Accordingtothem,they“wereabletowarntheinternationalcommunity,”inpartbydeclassifyingsecretstoassistKyiv.

Theynotedworkbeingdoneto“disruptRussia’srecklesscampaignofsabotage”acrossEuropeandpushedforade-escalationintheconflictintheMiddleEast.

Inaddition,intelligenceagenciesarefightingterrortothwarttheresurgentIslamicState.

BurnsemphasizedthatUkraine’srecentseizureofRussianterritoryintheKurskregionwasa“significanttacticalvictory.”Still,hesawnoevidencethatRussianPresidentVladimirPutin’sgriponpowerwasweakening.

MilitarnyipreviouslyreportedwithreferencetothewordsofCIADirectorWilliamBurnsthatinthefirstyearofRussia’sfull-scaleinvasionofUkraine,therewasagenuineriskthatRussiawouldhaveusedtacticalnuclearweapons.

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