Brit spy bosses recruit Russian Bonds who have quit Russia over Ukraine war

Brit spy bosses have recruited an army of Vlad Bonds who have ditched Russia in fury at the Ukraine invasion.

MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore said disillusioned Russian secret agents have been defecting to the UK for the past "18 months".

They are now working undercover with Brit spies to "bring the bloodshed to an end".

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The unprecedented union of UK and Russian agents – arch enemies in a swathe of James Bond movies – could help send Vladimir Putin packing from Ukraine.

Sir Richard has urged more Russian spies to switch allegiance.

In a speech in Prague said: "There are many Russians today who are silently appalled by the sight of their armed forces pulverising Ukrainian cities, expelling innocent families from their homes and kidnapping thousands of children.

"They are watching in horror as their soldiers ravage a kindred country.

"They know in their hearts that Putin’s case for attacking a fellow Slavic nation is fraudulent, a miasma of lies and fantasy.''

He said many Russians are wrestling with the same dilemmas and the same tugs of conscience' as their predecessors did in 1968 when Soviet tanks crushed the Prague spring uprisings.

"I invite them to do what others have already done this past 18 months and join hands with us,'' he said.

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"Our door is always open.

"We will handle their offers of help with the discretion and professionalism for which my service is famed.

"Their secrets will always be safe with us.

"And together we will work to bring the bloodshed to an end.''

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Sir Richard said technology was moving "with startling speed" and AI was being used to disrupt the supply of weapons to Russia.

But defecting human spies were more valuable.

"My teams are now using AI to augment, but not replace, their own judgement about how people might act in various situations,” he said.

"They’re combining their skills with AI and bulk data to identify and disrupt the flow of weapons to Russia for use against Ukraine.

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"As AI trawls the ocean of open source there will be ever greater value in landing, with a well-cast fly, the secrets that lie beyond the reach of its net.''

Human agents "are never just passive collectors of information" and "sometimes they can influence decisions inside a government or terrorist group".

Sir Richard said secret agent defections were coming at a time when Putin was "clearly under pressure" as demonstrated by the recent revolt by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenaries who threatened to overthrow the presidency.

Putin's lame response to the threatened coup showed his grip on power was weakening and his threats to use nukes seemed empty.

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"He really didn’t fight back against Prigozhin,'' he said.

"He cut a deal to save his skin using the good offices of the leader of Belarus.

"Even I can’t see inside Putin’s head, but the only people who have been talking about escalation and nuclear weapons are Putin and a handful of henchmen around him.

"That is irresponsible, it’s reckless and it is designed to try and weaken our resolve in supporting Ukraine and it will not work.''

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