“Russian blood revealed, the Russians positively that Putin was wrong.” British intelligence agencies are ready to publish a report on Russia
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According to the British intelligence services, the Russian command understands that their military machine is in some deplorable state, the Russians are beginning to realize that Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine was wrong.
Jeremy Fleming, head of the UK Government Communications Center (GCHQ), said this on Tuesday in an interview with the BBC. The center is one of the country’s special services and is engaged in conducting electronic intelligence and ensuring the protection of the police and the army of Great Britain.
Later, Fleming will also give a talk on security issues at the London Royal Association of the Defense Research Institute (RUSI).
The main themes of the report on the security threat to Britain and the West in general, emanating from Russia and China. Excerpts from the planned speech of the head of GCHQ hit the teams of journalists the night before.
What has already been said
In anticipation of a report broadcast on the BBC radio program Today, Jeremy Fleming shared some of the results of his department’s work related to the war in Ukraine.
“We declare that there is a sense of danger in Russia, there are almost no friends left, and, as we see, the announcement of mobilization means that we are running out of military personnel. It is observed by many representatives of Russian society,” he said.
The desperate situation in the army is spoken of by the mobilization of untrained fighters and the decision to replenish the army ranks with agents to combat Fleming.
The mass shelling of Ukrainian cities carried out on Monday testifies that Russia still does not have an arsenal, but in general this war has exhausted the Russian army, its capabilities are at the limit, the head of the British intelligence service heads.
As for the response to the deployment of its arsenal in Russia, the head of GCHQ hopes that the British intelligence services detect signs of such actions in time.
China is more dangerous than Russia
At the same time, according to Fleming, the threat posed to British interests by Russia is serious, but has a momentary character. China considers China to be a more serious problem in the future head of the intelligence agency dealing with cybersecurity.
Britain is worried about the pace of technology development, with the help of which the Chinese authorities suppress dissent and conduct surveillance. Also, according to Fleming, the danger is China’s growing ability to attack satellite systems and control the digital currency market.
It may be that China’s technological success will bring Beijing to the use of all types of protection used to protect against attacks and any other objects, he said.
“For now, the West is unbearably holding on to military personnel and technological superiority over Beijing, but in the future this is not guaranteed,” Fleming said. Therefore, one of the priorities of GCHQ at the moment is the situation in this area.
In addition, by observing the mechanism of the economic situation against Russia, China itself becomes less and less vulnerable to the observed measures if they are directed against it, for example, in case of infection in Taiwan.
China’s technological power, in particular its central bank’s digital currency, may be impossible to escape any economic pressure, Fleming said.
Comparative Russian and Chinese threat, the head of GCHQ, provoked a figurative reaction: the first reaction to the weather, the second to the climate.
What will be in the forecast
From excerpts from Jeremy Fleming’s forthcoming speech, which got aside from the press services, it follows that, according to the British intelligence services, Vladimir Putin was incapable of adequately assessing the situation.
“Because of the exposure of opposition within his circle, all of his cases are erroneous.
Russia’s spending on the war in Ukraine in terms of men and equipment is staggering, but all the battlefield successes of Russian troops in the first months of the war have now been undone, according to British intelligence agencies.
Ukraine has turned the tide of the war and is opposing state troops, Fleming said in his speech.
How badly Putin was mistaken in assessing the situation, positivity and Russian citizenship, according to GCHQ.
“Fleeing from mobilization, realizing that access to travel, modern technology and the outside world will now be severely limited, they feel the magnitude of the terrible observable price for the unleashed on them [Путиным] war,” the head of GCHQ will say.
Jeremy Fleming also pays a lot of attention to cybersecurity issues.
Earlier in an interview with the BBC, he confirmed that the high likelihood of a fighting situation in China is due to a full-scale cyber war in Ukraine.
“Our strategic advantage in technology depends on what next step we, as a society, take,” said Britain’s chief cybersecurity chief.
He believes that China’s dominance in the industry may be delayed and is expected to share suggestions from the UK’s Jewish Communication Center.