The Russian president is reportedly furious that the Ukraine invasion is not already completed
Vladimir Putin is apparently holed up in his “lair in Urals” as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, with one security specialist predicting an attempt will be made on his life in the coming days.
Over the weekend, European Parliament member Riho Terras tweeted that Putin was meeting with oligarchs in his “lair,” adding that the Russian president thought the “whole war would be easy and everything would be done in 1-4 days.”
THREAD 1/7 Intel from a Ukrainian officer about a meeting in Putin’s lair in Urals. Oligarchs convened there so no one would flee. Putin is furious, he thought that the whole war would be easy and everything would be done in 1-4 days. @EPPGroup @general_ben @edwardlucas @politico pic.twitter.com/8AoelUDWM9
— Riho Terras (@RihoTerras) February 26, 2022
In the thread, Terras writes that if Ukraine can “hold the Russians off for 10 days, then the Russians will have to enter negotiations,” because they will run out of “money, weapons and resources.”
4/7 If Ukraine manages to hold the Russians off for 10 days, then the Russians will have to enter negotiations. Because they have no money, weapons, or resources. Nevertheless, they are indifferent about the sanctions.
— Riho Terras (@RihoTerras) February 26, 2022
Since then, Dr Andy Scollick, a European Defence consultant, has suggested that there will be an assassination attempt on Putin “within the next seven days.”
He tweeted: “Prediction or, rather, hypothesis: Putin will be assassinated by his own people within the next 7 days.”
Prediction or, rather, hypothesis: Putin will be assassinated by his own people within the next 7 days
— Andy Scollick (@Andy_Scollick) February 27, 2022
Dr Scollick’s “hypothesis” comes as opposition to the invasion of Ukraine continues to grow across Russia.
Fearless Russians defy secret police to protest invasion of Ukraine.
They face certain imprisonment and possible felony charges. pic.twitter.com/iUrfbQdFYA
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) February 24, 2022
CorkBeo reports that Dr Scollick has previously worked in defence analysis as well as advising and working across sectors in Ukraine and other European nations from 2014 to 2019.
There are also fears for the safety of President Volodymyr Zelensky, with hundreds of mercenaries reportedly operating in Kyiv under Russian orders to assassinate the Ukrainian leader.
The Times reports that more than 400 Russian mercenaries are in the capital in an attempt to kill Zelensky and decapitate the Ukrainian government.
When knowledge of this operation reached the Ukrainian authorities, a 36-hour “hard” curfew was introduced in Kyiv, so that the city could be swept for Russian collaborators.
This curfew came to an end on Monday morning.
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