Vladimir Putin is shuffling the deck by making purges in the ranks of the security services. Having lost significant military power and with the plan to invade Ukraine not going as he expected, he has ordered the detention of a top intelligence official.
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[/P]The 68-year-old colonel, Sergei Beseda, head of the 5th Security Service of the Russian Federation had previously been placed under house arrest.
In the process, he was sent to Lefortovo maximum security prison[/B], meaning that it is likely that when the trial is held he will face a heavy sentence for issues of breach of confidentiality.
This move is interpreted as a warning from Putin to other generals who will bear the burden of significant losses to Russian troops.
Beseda had, prior to his imprisonment, traveled to Ukraine.
Lately, Putin has been issuing threats to his spies who have not succeeded, as the Russian president planned, in the desired invasion. Putin has also targeted General Anatoly Boluk, who has been placed under house arrest.
In the end, the situation is different from what the generals conveyed to the Russian president the Ukrainians did not welcome the Russian troops but put up stiff resistance.
Admission by Peskov: "We have significant military losses"
A few days ago, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made an admittedly rare admission by officials of the Putin regime. Moscow has suffered "significant losses" in the ranks of Russian troops deployed in Ukraine, the Kremlin spokesman said, without specifying their number.
"We have suffered significant military losses," Peskov told the British Sky News network, adding that "it is a huge tragedy for us."
Dmitry Peskov, however, did not accept the term "humiliation" used by the British network's reporter about the war in Ukraine.
Furthermore, he said that Vladimir Putin is not worried about being put on trial for war crimes.
Raising the tone, he said:"If Finland and Sweden join NATO, then we will respond accordingly."
Source: Proto Thema
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