Facebook <\/a> of the intelligence directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.<\/p>\nThe ministry further claimed that “influential people” were joining Russia to “remove Putin from power as soon as possible, to restore ties with the West after the war in Ukraine.”<\/p>\n
The intelligence agency even added that Alexander Bortnikov, director of federal intelligence services and a member of Putin’s inner circle, was being considered as a possible successor.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian agency claimed that Bortnikov and Putin had broken ties since Putin blamed him for “fatal miscalculation” in the slow advance of the military in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
“Bortnikov and his department were responsible for analyzing the situation in Ukraine and the capabilities of its army,” the Ukrainian directorate wrote.<\/p>\n
They added that intelligence came from Russian sources who said that several options were being considered for removing Putin from power, including “and with possible assassinations.”<\/p>\n
Global sanctions have increased pressure on Putin, who believed his invasion of Ukraine would last only a few days, but is now in its fourth week.<\/p>\n
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