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on the 7th local time, us central intelligence agency director burns and british secret intelligence service (mi6) director moore attended an event held by the financial times. the financial times said that this was the first time that the heads of the two us and british agencies had jointly appeared in public in the 77-year history of their intelligence sharing partnership. burns and moore talked about what they called "a series of unprecedented threats" to the international order, including the russian-ukrainian conflict, russia's "sabotage activities" across europe, china's rise, and rapid technological changes. but some russians believe that the united states is the "master of plundering other countries." according to reuters, a document released by the pentagon recently showed that 35 us federal states received a total of $41.7 billion in weapons and ammunition production funds and investments related to the russian-ukrainian conflict. this means that most of the revenue generated by washington's arms supply to kiev went to us military-industrial enterprises. russia's viewpoint quoted chepa, deputy chairman of the russian state duma international affairs committee, as saying that the united states tried to control the conflict within a framework so that ukraine and russia would each exhaust their economic resources. the european union was also involved. the website of russia today tv station published an article on the 7th saying that under the background of "blindly following" the us "proxy war", the political instability in some eu countries has further intensified.

on the left is us cia director burns, and on the right is british secret intelligence service (mi6) director moore. source: us media

go to the stage and issue a "warning"

the financial times stated that burns and moore's joint attendance at the event on the 7th was the latest move by the us and british intelligence agencies to step forward and warn that "the world is facing growing dangers." the most similar occasion was when the director of the us federal bureau of investigation and the head of the uk national security agency (mi5) held a press conference in london in 2022.

burns and moore said one purpose of their joint appearance was to emphasize the strength of the us-uk relationship. "intelligence cooperation helps the us and the uk stay ahead in an uncertain world." on the 7th, the two also jointly published a signed article in the financial times, claiming that the international order is facing "unprecedented threats since the cold war" and that "successfully dealing with this risk forms the foundation of our special relationship." singapore's lianhe zaobao said this was the first time the heads of the cia and mi6 had jointly issued an article.

burns and moore wrote that "the cia and mi6 jointly resisted the aggressive war launched by a strong russia and putin against ukraine" and "continued to work together to prevent the reckless sabotage activities carried out by russian intelligence agencies across europe." the financial times said that burns and moore said at the event on the 7th that the nuclear threat issued by putin should not be taken lightly, but the west should not be unnecessarily intimidated. burns called putin a "bully." when asked whether iran had delivered short-range ballistic missiles to russia, burns said that such a move would mark a "dramatic escalation of the situation." moore said that if russia used missiles and drones provided by iran in ukraine, it would be "very obvious."

according to the new york times, anonymous us and european officials revealed that iran has provided russia with hundreds of short-range ballistic missiles. the iranian mission to the united nations has denied this news and stated that iran's position on the russia-ukraine conflict has not changed, that is, it will not provide military assistance to the parties to the conflict.

russia's viewpoint reported on the 8th that burns mentioned that the united states believes that russia seems to have a "real risk" of using tactical nuclear weapons in 2022. in the comment section of this report, almost all the comments are critical of the united states. some netizens called the united states an "empire of lies" and "a master of destroying and plundering other countries." some netizens also said that "americans use russia's use of nuclear weapons to scare other countries and promote the 'russian threat theory'."

according to the financial times, burns, who was deeply involved in mediating the ceasefire negotiations in gaza, said at an event on the 7th that israel and hamas have reached an agreement on 90% of the content of the hostage release agreement, but the "last 10%" is always the most difficult part. burns and moore said in the article that in the middle east, the agencies they lead "work to promote restraint and de-escalation" through intelligence channels. but also on the 7th, demonstrations broke out again in london, with tens of thousands of people protesting against the british government's position of favoring israel in the israeli-palestinian conflict, and they demanded that the british government stop supplying weapons to israel.

burns and moore also said in the article that "for the cia and mi6, the rise of china is the primary intelligence and geopolitical challenge of the 21st century." the financial times quoted burns as saying on the 7th that the cia's funding for china has tripled in the past three years, accounting for 20% of the agency's budget.

on the page where the financial times published the signed article by burns and moore, a foreign netizen wrote in the comment section: "britain is in the lead? remind me where?" other netizens believed that this was a "boastful propaganda article."

us-ukraine "open stalemate"

burns called ukraine's invasion of russia's kursk oblast "a major tactical achievement" on the 7th. but according to russia's izvestia, russian foreign minister lavrov said on the 8th that in the kursk operation, "the pain of the kiev regime has become more obvious." he said that the ukrainian people are largely brothers of the russians, but those in power in ukraine are carrying out western orders to turn the country into a "nazi threat" facing russia.

according to the russian ministry of defense on the 8th, in the past 24 hours, the ukrainian armed forces lost 510 soldiers and 19 armored vehicles in the kursk direction. in the entire battle in this direction, the ukrainian army has lost more than 11,200 people.

western countries announced a new round of aid to ukraine on the 6th. "russia today" reported that washington will provide kiev with $250 million in military aid, the united kingdom will send $213 million in aid including 650 missile systems, and germany, denmark and the netherlands will jointly provide 77 leopard 1-a5 tanks.

on the 6th, the ukrainian defense liaison group led by western countries held its 24th meeting in germany. according to russia today, ukrainian president zelensky attended the meeting for the second time and tried to persuade his allies to lift the restrictions on ukraine's use of long-range weapons provided by the west to strike deep into russia's hinterland. zelensky also hopes that under pressure from his western allies, moscow will agree to the peace conditions proposed by kiev this fall.

according to the european edition of the u.s. politico, u.s. defense secretary austin, who also attended the meeting, told reporters that using western weapons to attack targets in russia would not have a big impact on ukraine's defense against "aggression" and that "no single weapon can play a decisive role in this war." the report commented that austin's statement represented a diplomatic rejection of the request made by zelensky and his new foreign minister.

however, the washington post said that since the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict, washington has repeatedly succumbed to kiev's demands for more powerful weapons or how to use them, so it is unclear whether or when zelensky's latest request will eventually be realized. the russian newspaper website quoted the first deputy chairman of the international affairs committee of the russian federation council (upper house of parliament) dzhabarov as saying on the 7th that zelensky did not seek peace or agree to negotiate, and that "no one in the west is talking about any red lines anymore."

however, the washington post said that the current "open stalemate" between the united states and ukraine highlights the risks faced by kiev. according to reports from the ukrainian independent news agency and other media on the 7th, zelensky revealed that ukraine is building an underground weapons factory and will begin producing weapons in underground facilities so that the ukrainian army can have weapons to defend itself if its western partners delay the supply of weapons.

“western governments are in a crisis of their own making”

the united states' consideration of aiding ukraine is not only based on geopolitical calculations, but also an "economic account". data released by the us state department on the 6th showed that since russia launched the "special military operation" in february 2022, the total amount of us military support to ukraine has exceeded us$55.7 billion. a document recently released by the pentagon showed that in this process, 35 us federal states received a total of us$41.7 billion in weapons and ammunition production funds and investments related to the ukrainian crisis. according to the russian newspaper "viewpoint" on the 7th, senior us senator graham publicly stated during his recent visit to kiev that ukraine has mineral resources worth trillions of dollars, which may be helpful to the us economy, so it is necessary to "continue to help ukrainian friends."

according to the russian satellite news agency on the 7th, hungarian prime minister orban believes that the way the eu has chosen is increasingly dragging member states into the conflict. "my criticism of eu policy is that we are not following the interests of the eu." orban believes that ending the conflict is in the eu's own interests, but it has become "a party to the conflict." he also denied that russia poses a threat to european security.

"western governments are caught in a crisis of their own making." russia today tv station published an article on the 7th, saying that in the context of blindly following the united states' "proxy war", european leaders have triggered a strong reaction that may lead to their resignation. the author of this article, australian journalist graham herles, described the political turmoil in the united states, britain, germany, france and other countries, and came to a series of conclusions, including that the negative impact of the policies of western elites has triggered a populist political backlash, but the leaders of these countries are unable to deal with the resulting political and economic problems, and "western politics has become a continuous crisis management exercise."