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Kamaji · « **Reply #925 on:** May 27, 2022, 06:25:12 pm »

Boris Johnson warns Russia is 'chewing through ground' in eastern Ukraine as he urges more support for Kyiv forces

By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
27 May 2022

Boris Johnson today warned that Russia is 'chewing through ground' in eastern Ukraine as he urged more support for Kyiv's forces.

The PM said Vladimir Putin's military is making 'palpable progress' in the Donbas region despite the 'incredible heroism' of the resistance.

In an interview with Bloomberg, he said more offensive weapons including long-range multiple-launch rocket systems are needed to help counter the threat.

The Ministry of Defence says Putin's invading troops have recently captured several villages as they attempt to surround Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Donbas.

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Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10860409/Boris-Johnson-warns-Russia-chewing-ground-eastern-Ukraine.html

Hoodat · « **Reply #926 on:** May 27, 2022, 08:34:54 pm »

Russia’s ‘cauldron’ tactic may be tipping Donbas battle in its favour

Analysis: smaller encirclements that are pounded with artillery are forcing exhausted Ukrainian forces to yield

Dan Sabbagh and Peter Beaumont | 27 May 2022 | 11.51 EDT

After several weeks of deadlock, Russia’s military appears to have found a way to advance in the Donbas – pounding it with such intense, unsophisticated artillery that Ukraine’s exhausted defenders are having to yield.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy rarely gives casualty figures but Ukraine’s president said last Sunday that “50 to 100 Ukrainian troops die on Donbas frontlines each day”, meaning perhaps 3,000 a month in the grisly war of attrition.

Wounded will typically be three or perhaps four times as much, a serious loss for a Donbas defence force estimated at 30,000 before the war began, although the numbers increased following Ukraine’s mass mobilisation.

“Russian forces have secured more terrain in the past week than efforts earlier in May,” reported the Institute for the Study of War on Tuesday, in particular approaching the frontline city of Sievierodonetsk and in villages nearby.

“The shelling of Sievierodonetsk is growing exponentially,” said Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, which is now 95% controlled by the Russians. He estimated 10,000 Russian troops and an extra 2,500 pieces of equipment had been committed to the attack. . .

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/russia-cauldron-tactic-may-tipping-donbas-battle-favour

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #927 on:** May 27, 2022, 08:39:33 pm »

This is where the switchblade 600 drones with a 50 mile range would be helpful in taking out artillery and perhaps even ammo dumps for that artillery.

bilo · « **Reply #928 on:** May 28, 2022, 01:18:06 am »

Quote from: Kamaji on May 27, 2022, 06:25:12 pm

Boris Johnson warns Russia is 'chewing through ground' in eastern Ukraine as he urges more support for Kyiv forces

By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
27 May 2022

Boris Johnson today warned that Russia is 'chewing through ground' in eastern Ukraine as he urged more support for Kyiv's forces.

The PM said Vladimir Putin's military is making 'palpable progress' in the Donbas region despite the 'incredible heroism' of the resistance.

In an interview with Bloomberg, he said more offensive weapons including long-range multiple-launch rocket systems are needed to help counter the threat.

The Ministry of Defence says Putin's invading troops have recently captured several villages as they attempt to surround Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Donbas.

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Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10860409/Boris-Johnson-warns-Russia-chewing-ground-eastern-Ukraine.html

He's right!

A good indicator that things are going in Russia's favor at the moment is comments from Zelenskyy about negotiating.

Hoodat · « **Reply #929 on:** May 28, 2022, 01:42:01 am »

Instead of defeating Russia decisively in the first month, the Biden regime decided to delay, choosing instead to bleed Russia slowly. Bad decision. Especially for Ukraine. The irony here could be that the $40 billion will end up in Russian hands to rebuild newly annexed territories that they destroyed.

Elderberry · « **Reply #930 on:** May 28, 2022, 11:23:46 am »

Russians demine part of seaport in Mariupol, sending stolen steel products to Rostov-on-Don

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3494247-russians-demine-part-of-seaport-in-mariupol-sending-stolen-steel-products-to-rostovondon.html

The Russian military has demined part of the seaport in Mariupol and is sending 3,000 tonnes of steel products by ship to Rostov-on-Don.

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According to Ukrinform, Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova said this on Telegram.

"The looting by the ruscists in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine continues. Following the theft of Ukrainian grain, the occupiers resorted to exporting metal products from Mariupol. To do this, they demined part of the city's seaport," Denisova wrote.

She said that the first ship from Mariupol to Rostov-on-Don carried 3,000 tonnes of steel products. Prior to the occupation, there were up to 200,000 tonnes of metal and cast iron worth $170 million in the port.

In addition, to make it easier to take the loot, the enemy began to restore rail links in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

More at link.

Kamaji · « **Reply #931 on:** May 28, 2022, 12:23:28 pm »

Quote from: Elderberry on May 28, 2022, 11:23:46 am

Russians demine part of seaport in Mariupol, sending stolen steel products to Rostov-on-Don

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3494247-russians-demine-part-of-seaport-in-mariupol-sending-stolen-steel-products-to-rostovondon.html

The Russian military has demined part of the seaport in Mariupol and is sending 3,000 tonnes of steel products by ship to Rostov-on-Don.

Looting on an industrial scale - just like the old nazis used to do.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #932 on:** May 28, 2022, 12:57:33 pm »

US to transfer long-range rocket systems to Ukraine amid Donbas struggle: reports
by Lexi Lonas - 05/28/22 7:55 AM ET

The U.S. will transfer long-range rocket systems to Ukraine to help aid the country’s fight against Russia in the Donbas region, officials told multiple outlets.

Ukrainian officials have been asking the U.S. to send the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) or the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), CNN first reported, citing U.S. officials.

The weapons would be a significant improvement from Ukraine’s current artillery — an MLRS is able to fire hundreds of kilometers away and HIMARS is able to fire the same type of ammunition as an MLRS.

Defense officials did not specify to The New York Times what kind of weapons transfer would be announced. However, the outlet noted that the transfer would likely be made next week.

The Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System is the most common system that the U.S. uses.

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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3504730-us-to-transfer-long-range-rocket-systems-to-ukraine-amid-donbas-struggle-reports/

mystery-ak · « **Reply #933 on:** May 28, 2022, 01:01:03 pm »

Tide Turning? Boris Johnson Warns Russians Making ‘Palpable Progress’ in Donbas

Jack Montgomery 28 May 2022

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Russian forces are now making “palpable progress” in eastern Ukraine, saying Ukrainian forces need long-range rocket launchers and other military hardware.

Britain’s defence ministry said on Friday that Moscow’s troops have recently captured several villages as they attempt to surround Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in the eastern Donbas region, but do not yet have full control of the region.

“By 27 May, Russian forces had likely captured most of the town of Lyman, in the north of Donetsk Oblast, in what is likely a preliminary operation for the next stage of Russia’s Donbas offensive,” the Ministry of Defence (MoD) noted in its regular defence intelligence update on Saturday, describing the territory as “strategically important” due to its proximity to river crossings and a major railway junction.

Prime Minister Johnson, meanwhile, told news agency Bloomberg that Russian President Vladimir Putin “at great cost to himself and Russian military is continuing to chew through ground in Donbas, he’s continuing to make gradual, slow but I’m afraid palpable progress.”

Ukrainian foreign minister appeared to lend credence to this prognosis on Thursday, warning that the situation in the east, where Russian-backed separatists have had a foothold in two self-declared “people’s republics” since 2014, “is as dire as people say.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/05/28/tide-turning-boris-johnson-warns-russians-making-palpable-progress-in-donbas/

bilo · « **Reply #934 on:** May 28, 2022, 05:47:04 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on May 28, 2022, 12:57:33 pm

US to transfer long-range rocket systems to Ukraine amid Donbas struggle: reports
by Lexi Lonas - 05/28/22 7:55 AM ET

The U.S. will transfer long-range rocket systems to Ukraine to help aid the country’s fight against Russia in the Donbas region, officials told multiple outlets.

Ukrainian officials have been asking the U.S. to send the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) or the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), CNN first reported, citing U.S. officials.

The weapons would be a significant improvement from Ukraine’s current artillery — an MLRS is able to fire hundreds of kilometers away and HIMARS is able to fire the same type of ammunition as an MLRS.

Defense officials did not specify to The New York Times what kind of weapons transfer would be announced. However, the outlet noted that the transfer would likely be made next week.

The Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System is the most common system that the U.S. uses.

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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3504730-us-to-transfer-long-range-rocket-systems-to-ukraine-amid-donbas-struggle-reports/

If the admn actually does what it says it will do this would be a big help to Ukraine. They could destroy the bridges the Russians are using to resupply the orcs.

Elderberry · « **Reply #935 on:** May 28, 2022, 08:25:34 pm »

To Replenish Its Army In Ukraine, Russia Plans To Strip Its Training Units. It Can Only Do This Once.

Forbes by David Axe 5/28/2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/05/28/to-replenish-its-army-in-ukraine-russia-plans-to-strip-its-training-units-it-can-only-do-this-once/?sh=51e18240a98f

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Before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to widen their war on Ukraine starting the night of Feb. 23, the Russian army had 168 battalion tactical groups.

A BTG is the Russian army’s basic unit for ground warfare. Each BTG includes around 800 soldiers plus 50 or so armored vehicles. For the Ukraine campaign, the army concentrated at least 125 of its 168 BTGs—three-quarters of the overall combat force.

Three months later, the Ukrainians have destroyed 4,100 Russian vehicles, killed up to 15,000 Russian troops and wounded perhaps several times that number. Russia’s losses amount to the dissolution of around three-dozen BTGs.

So it’s worth asking: as Russia attempts to sustain a fresh offensive across a small pocket of Ukrainian troops in the city of Severodonetsk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, how many BTGs are left? And how many more battalions can the Kremlin mobilize?

When the Russian army retreated from northern Ukraine in March and April, it reconstituted some BTGs and also deployed fresh battalions from Russia’s fringes. The Pentagon on May 16 estimated Russia had 106 BTGs in Ukraine. Ten days later the battalion count was up to 110—this despite the Russians losing one or two BTGs trying to cross the Siverskyi Donets River, north of Severodonetsk, in early May.

With 110 BTGs in Ukraine, the Russian army might have just 20 or 30 battalions in reserve. Realistically, some of them cannot deploy without exposing the cities or borders they guard. For example, the remaining BTGs in Kaliningrad, Russia’s geographically-separate exclave on the Baltic Sea.

More at link.

Hoodat · « **Reply #936 on:** May 29, 2022, 03:48:15 pm »

Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway

STETSON PAYNE | MAY 28, 2022 6:53 PM

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have reportedly begun a counterattack northeast of Kherson in an attempt to undercut Russia’s Southern Group of Forces.

Frontlines between Mykolaiv and Kherson in southern Ukraine have remained relatively stable for weeks despite heavy bombardment and airstrikes by both sides. Saturday’s new offensive reportedly put Ukrainian forces across the Inhulets River near Bilohirka, a village about 30-40 miles northeast of Kherson.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1530630366905638912

A breakout from here could conceivably threaten Russian-held crossings over the lower Dnieper River at the Nova Kakhovka dam and the Antonovskiy Bridge on Kherson’s east side. . .

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-southern-counterattack-against-russian-forces-underway

Hoodat · « **Reply #937 on:** May 29, 2022, 04:30:14 pm »

Lithuanians had a bake sale.

Elderberry · « **Reply #938 on:** May 29, 2022, 04:34:43 pm »

New concerns over Putin’s health as spy claims he’s ‘losing sight’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-drones-nuclear-weapons-latest-b2089611.html

Situation in Donbas ‘indescribably difficult’, Volodymyr Zelensky warns

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Fresh doubts have been cast over Vladimir Putin’s health, after a purported Russian spy claimed the president has “a severe form of rapidly progressing cancer” and has been given just three years to live by doctor.

FSB defector Boris Karpichkov said messages he has received from an unidentified Russian agent claim the 69-year-old president’s “eyesight is seriously worsening” to the point which he needs speeches written in letters “so big each page can only hold a couple of sentences” when appearing on television.

Chiming with footage of Mr Putin which has fuelled widespread specualation over his health, the spy claimed the Russian president’s limbs are “now also shaking uncontrollably”.

More: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-drones-nuclear-weapons-latest-b2089611.html

Hoodat · « **Reply #939 on:** May 29, 2022, 04:38:11 pm »

Russia scraps age limit for new troops in Ukraine push

6 hours ago

Russia has scrapped its age limit for professional soldiers, paving the way for more civilian experts to be recruited for the Ukraine conflict.

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law enabling people over 40 to enlist for the armed forces. They are expected to be people of normal working age.

Previously the army had age limits of 18-40 years for Russians and 18-30 for foreigners.

Russia is presenting it as a move to recruit more technical specialists.

The new law says specialists are required to operate high-precision weapons and "experience shows that they become such by the age of 40-45". More medics, engineers and communications experts may also be recruited.

Ukrainian and Western military experts say Russia has suffered heavy losses in the war: about 30,000 killed, according to Ukraine, while the UK government estimates the toll at about 15,000. . .

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61619638

The Germans did the same thing in 1945.

sneakypete · « **Reply #940 on:** May 29, 2022, 04:38:28 pm »

Quote from: Elderberry on May 29, 2022, 04:34:43 pm

New concerns over Putin’s health as spy claims he’s ‘losing sight’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-drones-nuclear-weapons-latest-b2089611.html

Situation in Donbas ‘indescribably difficult’, Volodymyr Zelensky warns

@Elderberry

The Soviets have a long history of using health reasons as an excuse to replace whatever Dictator is currently pissing the Politburo off. Poot Poot is no different.

It's their way to drawing back onto themselves by replacing their leadership without having to admit they were wrong.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #941 on:** May 29, 2022, 05:08:48 pm »

Russian Forces Storm City as Zelensky Visits Front

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) – Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city Sunday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain strategic footholds for conquering the region in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/05/29/russian-forces-storm-frontline-city-as-zelensky-visits/

Elderberry · « **Reply #942 on:** May 29, 2022, 05:29:36 pm »

Putin crumbling as Russians openly turn on bloody war 'Immediate withdrawal'

Express by Teresa Gottein Martinez, Brian McGleenon, Isabella Marsans 5/29/2022

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1617286/ukraine-live-russia-war-updates-vladimir-putin-losses-battlefield-zelensky

VLADIMIR Putin is coming under pressure from Russians to end his bloody war in Ukraine with a politician demanding the Kremlin "immediately withdraw" its troops.

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Leonid Vasyukevich, a communist lawmaker from the Khabarovsky Krai in the far east of Siberia urged Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine. He said: "During a military operation, people become disabled. These are young people who could be of great use to our country." The local deputy added: "We demand an immediate withdrawal of the Russian troops." His appeal was backed by lawmaker Leonid Vasyukevich, who warned: "If our country does not halt the military operation then there will be even more orphans in our country." Their remarks followed the surprising condemnation of the war by Boris Bondarev, a career diplomat posted to the Russian mission to the UN in Geneva, on Wednesday. Through a letter in which he wrote he was "ashamed" of his country and called the invasion a "disaster", he became the highest-level Russian diplomat to denounce Moscow's assaults.

More at link.

Hoodat · « **Reply #943 on:** May 30, 2022, 01:46:43 am »

The battle for Severodonetsk

mystery-ak · « **Reply #944 on:** May 30, 2022, 02:46:58 pm »

Steelworks prisoners from Mariupol 'are being tortured with pliers, electrocuted and strangled' after being captured by Russian forces

The French and German presidents urged Putin to return 2,500 prisoners of war
Azov Battalion soldiers defended Mariupol steelworks for weeks despite barrage
Now they're reportedly being tortured with pliers and electric shocks by captors
It came as Ukrainian forces faced artillery in east and Odesa blockade drags on

By Andy Jehring For The Daily Mail

Published: 20:17 EDT, 29 May 2022 | Updated: 10:43 EDT, 30 May 2022

European leaders have urged Vladimir Putin to release Azov prisoners amid reports that they have been tortured with ‘special cruelty’.

French president Emmanuel Macron and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz demanded the safe return of the 2,500 Azov fighters over the weekend.

They also called for an end to the blockade of Odesa, as well as direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday as details of the 80-minute call emerged.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10866563/Steelworks-prisoners-tortured-pliers-electrocuted-strangled-captors.html

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #945 on:** May 30, 2022, 02:51:09 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on May 30, 2022, 02:46:58 pm

Steelworks prisoners from Mariupol 'are being tortured with pliers, electrocuted and strangled' after being captured by Russian forces

The French and German presidents urged Putin to return 2,500 prisoners of war
Azov Battalion soldiers defended Mariupol steelworks for weeks despite barrage
Now they're reportedly being tortured with pliers and electric shocks by captors
It came as Ukrainian forces faced artillery in east and Odesa blockade drags on

By Andy Jehring For The Daily Mail

Published: 20:17 EDT, 29 May 2022 | Updated: 10:43 EDT, 30 May 2022

European leaders have urged Vladimir Putin to release Azov prisoners amid reports that they have been tortured with ‘special cruelty’.

French president Emmanuel Macron and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz demanded the safe return of the 2,500 Azov fighters over the weekend.

They also called for an end to the blockade of Odesa, as well as direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday as details of the 80-minute call emerged.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10866563/Steelworks-prisoners-tortured-pliers-electrocuted-strangled-captors.html

Twenty-one roses. Look it up.

Sorry, you won't find he answer on google. Not for this variant: it is a torture.
Each rose involves peeling the meat off an appendage in 'petals'.

bilo · « **Reply #946 on:** May 30, 2022, 03:12:45 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on May 30, 2022, 02:46:58 pm

Steelworks prisoners from Mariupol 'are being tortured with pliers, electrocuted and strangled' after being captured by Russian forces

The French and German presidents urged Putin to return 2,500 prisoners of war
Azov Battalion soldiers defended Mariupol steelworks for weeks despite barrage
Now they're reportedly being tortured with pliers and electric shocks by captors
It came as Ukrainian forces faced artillery in east and Odesa blockade drags on

By Andy Jehring For The Daily Mail

Published: 20:17 EDT, 29 May 2022 | Updated: 10:43 EDT, 30 May 2022

European leaders have urged Vladimir Putin to release Azov prisoners amid reports that they have been tortured with ‘special cruelty’.

French president Emmanuel Macron and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz demanded the safe return of the 2,500 Azov fighters over the weekend.

They also called for an end to the blockade of Odesa, as well as direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday as details of the 80-minute call emerged.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10866563/Steelworks-prisoners-tortured-pliers-electrocuted-strangled-captors.html

Is anyone surprised that a country that invades a neighbor without provocation, steals foodstuffs, blockades ports so other countries can't get foodstuffs, uses thermobaric bombs, murders innocent civilians and bombs non military targets would torture prisoners.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #947 on:** May 30, 2022, 05:32:20 pm »

May 30, 2022 10:54am EDT
Biden says US won’t send Ukraine rocket systems that can reach Russia
There had been concerns that sending system to Ukraine could be seen as escalatory by Russia
By Adam Shaw | Fox News

President Biden on Monday said the United States will not send rocket systems to Ukraine that could potentially reach into Russia, after reports that the administration was preparing to send long-range systems to the besieged European ally.

Multiple outlets had reported that the administration was leaning toward sending advanced long-range rocket systems to Ukraine, which is currently fending off an invasion from Moscow -- and to which the U.S. is providing significant economic and military support.

Biden was asked about the potential move by reporters outside the White House and said that his administration would not send Ukraine rocket systems that strike into Russia.

The Washington Post reported that the administration was mulling providing the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), which would allow Ukrainians to fire rockets much further than they are currently able.

MLRS had reportedly been a top request from Ukrainian officials, who say they need it to stop the advance of Russian forces in the east, which has taken control of the key city of Lyman last week.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-us-ukraine-rocket-systems-reach-russia

Kamaji · « **Reply #948 on:** May 30, 2022, 06:04:49 pm »

Putin loses TWO more colonels in Ukraine including his ‘best paratroop commander’ as death toll among the high ranks hits 48

By Will Stewart for MailOnline
29 May 2022

Two more Russian colonels have been killed in Russia’s war in Ukraine - including the country’s 'best paratroop commander'.

Lieutenant colonel Alexander Dosyagayev, 34, was a commander of an airborne assault battalion of the 104th paratrooper regiment.

Troops from his 104th air assault regiment were reportedly in Bucha, the scene of alleged rape and torture atrocities committed by Vladimir Putin’s forces earlier in the war.

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Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10865315/Putin-loses-TWO-colonels-Ukraine-including-best-paratroop-commander.html

Kamaji · « **Reply #949 on:** May 30, 2022, 06:34:01 pm »

Vladimir Putin 'is given three years to live by doctors' due to his 'rapidly progressing cancer', FSB spy claims

By Jacob Thorburn For Mailonline
28 May 2022

Vladimir Putin has reportedly been given warned he has just three to years to live as Russian intelligence sources become increasingly worried about their ailing leader.

An FSB officer described the Russian president's condition as a 'severe form of rapidly progressing cancer', as speculation ramped up that Putin was suffering with some form of serious illness amid the invasion of Ukraine.

The spy explained the wartime leader has 'no more than two to three years' left and he is also losing his sight, reports the Mirror.

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Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10864599/Vladimir-Putin-three-years-live-rapidly-progressing-severe-cancer-FSB-claims.html