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Ukraine forces may have 'captured highest-ranking Russian officer' since WW2
Ukraine may have captured one of Russia's most senior army officers.A man wearing the uniform of a mid-ranking Lieutenant-Colonel was seen in a video depicting a group of Russian prisoners of war near Kharkiv earlier this week.However, in what would be a crushing blow to Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian media now claims the man is "likely" to be Andrei Sychevoi, a Lieutenant General and thought to be the most senior Russian officer to be captured since World War II.READ MORE: Mystery surrounding Putin's £500m superyacht used as plaything for sex-mad mistressImages circulating both Twitter and Telegram show Sychevoi among a group of Russian troops handcuffed on their knees and being interrogated by Ukrainian soldiers.The man is bleeding from a cut on his eyebrow and refuses to answer questions from the troops.One social media user claimed they were captured near Balakliya, in the Kharkiv region, but his capture has not yet been officially confirmed.Chuck Pfarrer, former SEAL Team Six Squadron Leader, posted on Twitter: “Yesterday, videos featured a RU officer captured on the Kharkiv front.“He was assumed to be a local commander - he was, in fact, Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi, General in command RU’s ‘West’ Group.“Sychevoi is the most senior Russian officer captured since WWII.”Nexta TV tweeted: "It seems that the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured not the usual 'lieutenant colonel', but the commander of the 'West' grouping, Colonel General Andrey Sychevoi.”In its daily military update on September 9, the Kyiv Post said infantrymen had "likely" captured Sychevoi, citing circulating video and independent Ukrainian media sources.The Lviv Journal tweeted: “Time will tell if it's Gen.
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Vladimir Putin's second-in-command 'survives assassination attempt by poison'
Ukraine and Russian officials now believe he has been targeted by a 'synthetic poison.'“Recently, an attempt on the life of the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev, was made,” said Telegram channel General SVR which claims to have insider sources in the Kremlin.READ MORE: Ghoulish bench memorial to shotgun-toting killer Raoul Moat sparks Twitter meltdown“Information about both the assassination attempt itself and the investigation into this assassination attempt is kept in strict secrecy.“It is known that Nikolai Patrushev felt unwell in the evening after work, almost immediately after he went home.“Security quickly worked, immediately calling a team of doctors to him.”He was then rushed to hospital by officers of the FSO, which guards the Russian elite, it is claimed.“After rendering assistance, Patrushev was taken home in a stable condition.“The results of his analysis confirmed that the toxic substance was a synthetic poison.”The report claimed that Patrushev “was saved by timely medical care and, probably, by an insufficiently high concentration of the poisonous substance that entered the body through the skin”.Putin was told of the alleged attack only “when Patrushev's life was no longer in danger”, it was claimed.“Who is behind the assassination attempt, what are the motives and how it became possible in general to organise an actually completed assassination attempt on a representative of such a high level of power, remains to be seen.”The channel pointed to in-fighting within Putin’s circle - “this is only the beginning of a big redistribution in the elites”.“Knowing the details of what happened, we can say with confidence that it was not a staging,” said General
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