KIEV: Ukraine's spy chief has declared that a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin is "already begun" and that Moscow will lose the battle before the end of the year.
According to the Daily Mail, Major General Kyrylo Budanov believes a turning point in the battle will occur later this summer, and that Putin will be removed from power. Geral Budanov said that the breaking point will come in the second half of August."
"By the end of the year, most of the active combat will be over. It will finally result in the Russian Federation's leadership changing. This procedure has already started. "As a result, Ukrainian authority will be renewed in all of our areas," he added. Putin is reported "extremely ill with blood cancer," according to an anonymous Russian oligarch.
The oligarch, who has close ties to the Kremlin, said that Putin's health difficulties are linked to his blood cancer. General Budanov's appraisal is the most positive of any Ukrainian official since the conflict began on February 24. However, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence was one of the few high-ranking officials who properly predicted that Russian troops and tanks would pour over the country's borders in an attempt to grab its land.
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