Their laundry-list of complaints relates to their advice being ignored, not to any pro-Western sentiments. Note that the rumored whistleblowers are dedicated Chekists - members of Russia’s powerful state interests - who consider the U.S. Yet, if any of the reports is accurate, it would represent a startling, revealing look from the inside. None of the four has been independently verified, given the circumstances in which the material was written and disseminated there is no indication of how high up or well-connected the writers may or may not be. One was addressed to Osechkin the others were written “for the record.” Of these, four lengthy reports allegedly penned by analysts of the FSB, the successor organization of the Soviet-era KGB, deserve special attention. attracts whistleblower reports (in Russian, here, here and here, and here in English) from Russian officials. Vladimir Osechkin, a human rights activist on Russia’s most-wanted list, lives in Paris where he heads the website. It therefore makes sense to expect that those waiting for the axe to fall might try to justify themselves - to document that they are not responsible, that they warned against the war and that the plans they suggested would have worked. This is just the start more purges are almost certain to come, and those at risk know it. Some generals reportedly are being relieved of command and top intelligence officers placed under house arrest. and foreign sources, the purge of those responsible for the disaster - other than Putin himself - has already begun.

The deadline for completing operations has been moved to a distant June.Īccording to U.S. Instead of a three-day blitzkrieg ending with Russian troops marching triumphantly into Kyiv’s Maidan Square, greeted by cheering crowds, Russia’s assault has bogged down as casualties of conscripts reportedly mount and harsh international economic sanctions deprive Putin of his war chest. There is relative global unanimity that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has not gone according to plan.

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