Former head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, has told Sky’s Sophy Ridge that we’re no longer in a "pre-war situation" with Russia but "an actual war".
When asked how the UK government should respond to Russian provocation, he said: “We have to face up to the fact that the Russians think they’re in the state of war with us."
"Donald Tusk (the Polish prime minister) has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he’s wrong. I think it’s an actual war", he says.
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