Members of the ‘Russian elite’ are plotting to remove Russian President Vladimir Putin from power by poisoning him, a Ukrainian intelligence body claims.
Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that a ‘group of influential’ members of the ‘Russian elite’ who oppose Putin have made a plan to topple the president and restore ties with the West, the Mirror reported.
The powerful insiders are reportedly dismayed at the effect of invasion and subsequent sanctions on the country’s economy, according to the intelligence brief.
The Ukrainian intelligence service also claims that a successor to the Russian leader has already been decided in the form of FSB director Oleksandr Bortnikov.
“It is known that Bortnikov and some other influential representatives of the Russian elite are considering various options to remove Putin from power,” the Chief Directorate of Intelligence said.
“In particular, poisoning, sudden disease, or any other ‘coincidence’ is not excluded.”
Ukraine previously reported that part of the feared Chechen forces had been sent back to Russia after many of them died.
The agency suggested that the heavy losses incurred by Chechen forces may have contributed to the alleged making of the plan.
“A part of Russia’s political elite sees Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov as Putin’s successor. It is Bortnikov who has recently fallen out of favour with the Russian dictator. The official reason for the FSS leader’s downfall is fatal miscalculations in the war against Ukraine,” Ukraine intelligence has said, according to Ukrayinska Pravda.
The Ukrainian intelligence also claim that Russians are sending another terrorist group to Ukraine to remove the leadership of the country.
Reports say that groups of fighters associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin have already started arriving in Ukraine.
The key ‘targets’ of mercenaries are Volodymyr Zelensky, Denys Shmyhal, and Andriy Yermak, according to the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
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