In London, they believe that Putin "wants to turn Libya into a new Syria"

British intelligence agencies told Prime Minister Teresa May that Russia "wants to turn Libya into a new Syria" and use its presence there to influence the West, the British newspaper Sun says, citing a high-ranking source in the British government. The head of the international committee of the British parliament Tom Tagendhat called these messages "extremely alarming" and demanded that the British leadership respond to the threat.

According to the newspaper, the leaders of the British special services said May that Russian President Vladimir Putin "wants to turn this North African country into" his new Syria, "and Moscow’s main goal is to seize control of the largest route of illegal migration to Europe."
Sun writes that "dozens of officers of the Russian military intelligence of the GRU and its special forces are already in eastern Libya, having originally arrived here to train and maintain a communication channel." Moscow supports the head of the Libyan National Army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and "supplies his troops with heavy equipment," the newspaper writes.
“Two Russian military bases are already operating in the coastal cities of Tobruk and Benghazi, using as a cover the Russian private military company Wagner, which already has outposts,” the newspaper says.

The publication also writes, without giving grounds for such allegations and sources of information, that "in Libya, the destructive Russian anti-ship Caliber missiles and modern S-300 air defense systems are already deployed."
"If Moscow seizes control of the coastline of the country, it could trigger a new wave of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea," writes Sun, referring to a high-ranking government source.
"What Putin is doing in Libya corresponds exactly to the tactics he used to apply in Syria and the Crimea. He sees the uncontrolled space and uses it to maximize influence on the West. At the same time, we are extremely vulnerable to both migration flows and oil crisis, which may cause Libya, "- said the source of the newspaper.
The head of the international committee of the British parliament demanded that the government react to the "Russian threat."
“The fact that Russia wants to open a new front against the West in Libya is extremely alarming, but it shouldn’t be surprising. They will no doubt try to use African migration routes. We need a coordinated government response because destabilization of this country is closely linked to UK national security ", Said Tgendndat.