Vladimir Putin is said to be facing serious dissent from top military leaders and FSB agents over his "serious errors" in the war against Ukraine.
Senior figures from both groups have become strongly critical of Putin over his handling of the war in Ukraine amid a vicious blame game in Moscow.The siloviki, or security bloc, made up of the military's top brass has claimed that the failure to invade Kyiv and the scaling back of Russian forces was a "serious error" on Putin's part.
The disarray of military officials come at the same time as looming questions over the health of the Russian President, with a recent theory suggesting Putin did not attend an Orthodox service because of health concerns.
New pressure from military brass has seen Putin fail to deal with irate Russian commentators, with one cheerleader for the siloviki bloc, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, hitting out at Britain for supplying Ukraine with weapons.She said: "The Anglo-Saxons are publicly suggesting that Ukraine should transfer the fighting to Russian territory.
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