MI6 head urges disaffected Russians to spy for UK

The caput of MI6 has appealed to Russians disaffected by the Ukraine warfare to defect and enactment with his organisation.

In a code successful Prague, Sir Richard Moore said galore Russians were "silently appalled" to spot their equipped forces "pulverising" Ukrainian cities.

"They are watching successful fearfulness arsenic their soldiers ravage a kindred country."

He said the doorway was ever unfastened to immoderate Russians who wanted to articulation MI6 to enactment unneurotic to extremity the bloodshed.

"We volition grip their offers of assistance with the discretion and professionalism for which my work is famed. Their secrets volition ever beryllium harmless with us," helium added.

His entreaty was made during his lone nationalist quality this twelvemonth astatine the British Embassy successful Prague, 55 years aft the crushing of the Prague Spring by Russian tanks.

Sir Richard said galore Russians were wrestling with the "same dilemmas and the aforesaid tugs of conscience" arsenic their predecessors did successful 1968 erstwhile Soviet tanks crushed the Prague Spring uprisings.

"They cognize successful their hearts that Putin's lawsuit for attacking a chap Slavic federation is fraudulent, a miasma of lies and fantasy.

"I invitation them to bash what others person already done this past 18 months and articulation hands with us," helium said.