Vladimir Putin has changed his tyrannical mind and now wants the leader of the mutiny Yevgeny Prigozhin dead.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has now been assigned a kill order to get rid of the greatest challenge to Putin's authority in more than 20 years.
The U-turn was revealed by Ukraine's head of intelligence Kyrylo Budanov, who shared the statement on the Telegram messaging app.
The statement reads: "“We are aware that the FSB has been tasked with killing Prigozhin. Will they succeed? Only time will tell. In any case, any potential assassination attempts will not happen quickly.”
“We are aware that the FSB has been tasked with killing Prigozhin. Will they succeed? Only time will tell. In any case, any potential assassination attempts will not happen quickly.”
“However…there are significant question marks. Will they be able to execute it? Will they have the courage to carry out this order?” Budanov, who is the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
The spy master added: "We can’t claim that they had a significant impact on Russia’s war against Ukraine, as these events were of short duration. Nevertheless, some damage was inflicted upon the military and space forces of the Russian Federation."
“We don’t anticipate the appearance of Wagner PMC in Ukraine as an independent entity conducting its own operations. And I consider this factor to be quite important for us.”
Budanov said that Wagner's mercenaries have had more of an impact on the war than Russia's regular Armed Forces.
He added that the brief rebellion lead to the destruction of eight Russian war planes, including the II-22M aircraft, a high-value asset.
The claims emerged shortly after a plot to assassinate Putin was reportedly "foiled by Russian Secret Service".
The assassination attempt reportedly involved laying explosives laid on a river bed below a bridge that the Russian autocrat's motorcade would have travelled over.
The Federal Protection Service (FSO), responsible for the protection of top Russian officials, claims it bettered a bid to blow up the bridge, according to the Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.
A barge has been suspected of laying explosives under an unnamed bridge prior to the assassination attempt.
Just yesterday, the warmonger was at the Strong Ideas for New Time by the Russian Agency of Strategic Initiative at the World Trade Centre and videos have since emerged of security services close to the Novoarbatsky Bridge scouring the water.
