RUSSIAN spies who led a series of attacks on Britain have been exposed by UK intelligence chiefs.
Whitehall has imposed sanctions on spooks responsible for years of hacking and other actions in the UK.
The measures target three and 18 spooks — two of whom were accused of hacking the phone of defector .
and Aleksey Lukashev — both wanted by — are said to have targeted five years before poisoned her and her dad with nerve agent in Salisbury in 2018.
Others hit with sanctions are believed to be behind bombings and arson attacks in Britain and Europe in retaliation for support for .
They face a range of restrictions such as having financial assets frozen.
Foreign Secretary said: “GRU spies are running a campaign to destabilise Europe, undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and threaten the safety of British citizens.
“The Kremlin should be in no doubt; we see what they are trying to do in the shadows and won’t tolerate it.”;
involved in shipping aid to , on the orders of .
Spy chiefs are also probing if Russian agents were behind an incendiary device that ignited at a DHL hub in Birmingham last year.
Similar incidents have been reported across Europe.
