The British spy agency is notorious for acting with little to no oversight to escalate global conflicts, Kit Klarenberg has told RT

The UK Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, has played a central role in spreading false intelligence and engaging in provocative actions aimed at escalating global conflicts, British whistleblower and investigative journalist for The Grayzone, Kit Klarenberg, has told RT.

Speaking to host Rick Sanchez on Thursday, Klarenberg said MI6 was at the forefront of efforts to push the West deeper into the Ukraine conflict.

"I have since the very start of the Ukraine proxy war been reporting on how Britain is leading this effort," he said, adding that many see MI6 as merely a tool of the CIA, but "no, they go into business for themselves all the time."

Klarenberg pointed to the 2022 bombing of the Kerch Bridge, which connects Crimea with mainland Russia, claiming it was orchestrated by British operative and NATO adviser Chris Donnelly as part of an effort to pull Washington further into the conflict.

"We have leads... conversations with senior British military officials in which he's talking about how the [former US President Joe] Biden administration's reluctance to get fully involved in the proxy war needs to be countered at all costs," Klarenberg said.

"As a vassal of the US - who is completely dependent on Washington's wealth and muscle to maintain their international relevance - well, what wouldn't you do to keep them invested in conflicts you yourself have fomented?"

Asked about recent sabotage acts on Russian soil, such as railroads and airbases, and whether MI6 could be "capable of doing that kind of thing," Klarenberg replied, "Absolutely."

He said "The British were quite clearly behind" Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia's strategic bombers last month, with the purpose "to escalate [the conflict] even further."

Turning to Iran, Klarenberg said MI6 also produced fabricated claims about Tehran's nuclear program. He cited the CV of longtime operative Nicholas Langman, who allegedly infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help coordinate Western sanctions between 2010 and 2020.

"His purpose very much seems to have been to generate false intelligence in the manner of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction capability," he said.

Langman also reportedly worked to align US and Middle Eastern intelligence agencies behind claims that Tehran was developing nuclear weapons.

Asked why Israel's Mossad could not be behind the campaign, Klarenberg said MI6 is known "for going a lot further than other intelligence agencies are willing to..." and stated that it operates with virtually "no oversight."

The British have long shown a greater "willingness" than others to engage in "escalatory and incendiary actions," he said, noting that MI6 had been described by Cold War operatives as "the meanest."