# Philip Ingram sees Russia, China and Iran stepping up ‘gray zone’ activities across the UK and Europe

https://mins.news/en/item/87843

- France 24, 2026-10-06 11:13 UTC
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- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20261006-philip-ingram-sees-russia-china-and-iran-stepping-up-gray-zone-activities-across-uk-and-europe

> Journalist and former British military intelligence officer Philip Ingram says the events around RAF Fairford are not isolated. He describes them as part of a broader security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence activity and gray-zone tactics are increasingly overlapping.

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