London is counting on arms contracts fueling the Ukraine conflict and won\u2019t let the US just put and end to it, the SVR has warned<\/p>\n
Britain is preparing a smear campaign aimed at damaging US President Donald Trump\u2019s reputation in order to derail his efforts to end the Ukraine conflict, Russia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday.
\nAccording to the agency, London views the continuation of hostilities as vital to securing multi-billion-dollar weapons contracts that could help revive the struggling British economy. Undermining Trump, who is pushing to end the conflict, would dissuade Washington and protect the UK\u2019s \u201cblood money\u201d profits, the SVR alleged.
\n\u201cPlans have been concocted to revive former British intelligence officer [Christopher] Steele\u2019s fake \u2018dossier\u2019, accusing the head of the White House and his family of having links to Soviet and Russian intelligence services,\u201d the statement claimed.
\nThat document, penned by Steele, a former MI6 officer, in 2016 and reportedly paid for by Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign, relied on unverified rumors alleging that Trump and members of his family had compromising ties with Moscow.<\/p>\n
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Although widely used to fuel the \u2018Russiagate\u2019 narrative early in Trump\u2019s first presidency, the dossier has since been debunked. The SVR suggested that British operatives may craft a new iteration inspired by the original template rather than attempt to reuse it directly.
\nTrump\u2019s administration has drafted a proposal for ending the Ukraine conflict. However, Kiev and several European governments strongly oppose it due to its reportedly demanding major concessions from Ukraine. Vladimir Zelensky claimed this week that US diplomats had already removed some of the 28 provisions at his government\u2019s request.
\nMoscow has kept its distance from the American initiative. President Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia\u2019s military position continues to strengthen and that Moscow intends to achieve its security objectives regardless of whether Kiev accepts Washington\u2019s mediation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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