Vladimir Putin will not attend the peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday as some experts think that the Russian despot is on borrowed time and could be assassinated.
There are fears that Putin could be killed by an assassinated by Ukrainian hit unit.
Putin is dealing with almost a million soldiers whoa re either injured, killed in action or have gone missing and by the Russian tyrant not attending the peace talks this demonstrating how vulnerable.
Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former head of the UK’s Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment, conveyed to the Mirror, “There are analysts, people who know better than I, who believe Putin is now a dead man walking, a spent force whose war in Ukraine will cause his end.”
He added, “I don’t think there is a chance in hell that he would or will turn up to Istanbul to face Zelensky as he would believe he could be in danger or face arrest for war crimes.
“Things are looking very bad in Russia as even the US now seems to be looking at conciliation with Ukraine as Trump is realising he has been played by Putin.
“Putin cannot keep playing for time and his bluff has been called brilliantly by Zelensky’s challenge to meet him face-to-face in Turkey.
“Russia in the coming months will lose a third of its income through decreased oil prices and it has lost probably a million troops to the conflict.
“He is incredibly paranoid, as we see with his increased security and I am very reliably informed by people who would know that he has at least two dopplegangers or lookalikes. He has been acting like a worried Czar and the Bolsheviks are gathering at the gates because internally things are looking really terrible. Russians cannot even buy a loaf of bread.”
Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan, said, “There are plenty of people who would want to have Putin bumped off.
“But his security is so tight that there is a real question over whether that is at all achievable and I believe that for the moment it is unlikely to happen.”
