Britain’s MI6 spy Chief says President Putin is dragging out peace talks

The head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall “just below the threshold of war.”

Blaise Metreweli said, “Mr. Putin is ‘dragging out negotiations’ on stopping the conflict, and remains determined to ‘subjugate Ukraine and harass NATO members.” Metreweli made the comments in her first public speech since becoming Chief of Britain’s Foreign Intelligence Agency two months ago.