Vladimir Putin is going through chemotherapy and there might be strategies to ‘throw’ the war in Ukraine’s favour while he is getting treatment, dripped files declare.
A current chest of Pentagon files thought to be dripped by 21- year-old United States National Guardsman Jack Teixeira included leading secret info about the war in Ukraine.
One of the leakages recommends that Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev had actually created a strategy to ‘sabotage’ Mr Putin while he goes through medical treatment.
‘Russia planned to divert resources from Taganrog, Russia to Mariupol, Ukraine and focus its attention on the southern front,’ the file states.
‘According to [redacted] source, the prepare for “the offensive” was believed to be a technique created by [Mr Gerasimov and Mr Patrushev] to mess up Putin.’
Elsewhere in the file, it specifies that: ‘Gerasimov opposed the offensive; he informed Putin that the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ abilities transcended to Russia’s and warned that Russia would suffer heavy casualties were it to continue with the offensive.
‘[Redacted] on 22 February suggested that Gerasimov supposedly prepared to continue his efforts to mess up the offensive, keeping in mind that he guaranteed to “throw” the so-called unique military operation by 5 March, when Putin was supposedly set up to begin a round of chemotherapy, and would therefore have the ability to affect the war effort.’
The files do not state what medical condition Putin is looking for chemotherapy for, however there have actually been longstanding rumours that the Russian leader has actually covertly been fighting cancer.
The info included in the file has actually not been separately validated.
The file is entitled’Ukraine Learns of Alleged Russian Plot to “Throw” So-Called Special Military Operation By 5 March’.
It likewise includes the code ‘TS//SI//REL TO USA, FVEY/FISA’ which suggests the report includes leading secret info that was gathered through interactions keeping an eye on.
The letters indicate the contents are just implied for the eyes of United States authorities with leading level security clearance, or secret agent from members of the Five Eyes alliance– that includes Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.
The leakage was published to a little Discord group of ‘mostly young men and teenagers’ hosted by Mr Teixeira, who discussed their ‘shared loved of guns, racist online memes, and video games,’ the New York Times reports.
Mr Teixeira is believed of dripping the files not for any political factor, however just to impress members of the group.
Appearing in court today, the United States National Guardsman was remanded in custody and charged with unauthorised retention and transmission of nationwide defence info and unauthorised elimination of categorized info and defence products.
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