After the (2nd World) war, the SOE (Special Operations Executive) was merged into SIS (Secret Intelligence Service), and we cherish our heritage of covert action which we keep alive today in helping Ukraine resist the Russian invasion - MI6 Chief Moore admits in vid above (00:01).

Legally, by law, we have no right to recognize the occupied territory as territory of #Russia. And here we must not make any mistake. But if we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should take under #NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control. That’s what we need to do fast and then Ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically - #Zelensky rages at interviewer (01:10).

Do we today have the means and tools to turn the tables and change the trajectory of how things are happening? No, we don’t. And if it continues like this, we will lose the war.”
I’m taken aback by his bluntness. There is a pause - before he slightly softens his verdict. “It’s true that things look bad on the battlefield. But things looked even worse in the first months of 2022. What I hate in my conversations with European and American experts - and ‘hate’ is a word I usually don’t use - is that everyone is asking what Ukraine is ready to do, what Ukraine is ready to accept. And I say, guys, first find the answer to the question [of] what Putin is ready to accept. Because this is the place where the war comes from.” - FT journo writes.