Putin Has Advanced Cancer, U.S. Intelligence Report Says

A new U.S. classified intelligence report (https://bit.ly/3NQNDCD)
states that Russian President Vladimir Putin underwent treatment
in April for advanced cancer.
The report also stated that an assassination attempt was made on
Putin in March, after Putin had launched an invasion of Ukraine
in late February.
“Putin’s grip is strong but no longer absolute,” one of three
intelligence officers from three different intelligence agencies who
read the report told Newsweek. “The jockeying inside the Kremlin
has never been more intense during his rule, everyone sensing that
the end is near.”
One official came from the office of the Director of National
Intelligence (DNI), one served as a senior officer for the Air Force,
and one came from the Defense Intelligence Agency.
“What we know is that there is an iceberg out there, albeit one
covered in fog,” the DNI officer stated.
The DIA officer added, “One source of our best intelligence, which
is contact with outsiders, largely dried up as a result of the Ukraine
war. Putin has had few meetings with foreign leaders. … Putin’s
isolation has thus increased levels of speculation.”
Photos of Putin consistently sitting at the end of an extremely long
table with the others at the meeting at the other end of the table
have led to speculation regarding Putin’s health.
The DNI official pointed to the recent meeting Putin had with
French leader Emanuel Macron: “There was no shaking of hands,
no warm embrace, and we noticed that.”
A photo of Putin not sitting upright in his chair while gripping the
table with his hand during a meeting with Russian Defense Minister
Sergey Shoigu in late April contributed to speculation that Putin
was suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
“The May 9 ‘Victory Day’ appearance was next, where a noticeably
bloated Russian leader sat slumped,” Newsweek noted, adding,
“Three days later, Ukraine’s head of intelligence Maj. Gen. Kyrylo
Budanov told U.K. Sky News that Putin was in a ‘very bad
psychological and physical condition and he is very sick.’”
“Is Putin sick? Absolutely,” the senior Air Force leader surmised.
“But we shouldn’t let waiting for his death drive proactive actions
on our part. A power vacuum after Putin could be very dangerous for
the world.”
“Even if they agree that the intelligence [that Putin is dying] is
reliable,” the senior DNI leader says, “they can’t bank on an
expiration date nor signal their support for a Russia without
Putin.”
“Both President Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have
let slip their desire not only for regime change but also the fall of
Russia, and both have since walked back their indelicate statements,”
the report added.
“A nuclear-armed Russia is still a nuclear-armed Russia, whether
Putin is strong or weak, in or out, and not wanting to provoke him
or his potential successor into thinking we are hell bent on their
destruction is an important part of continued strategic stability,”
says the DNI official.
The DIA leader argues that in some ways, “Putin being sick or dying
is good for the world, not just because of the future of Russia or
ending the Ukraine war, but in diminishing the mad man threat
of nuclear war.”
Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denied that Putin
was seriously ill, saying, “You know, President Putin appears in
public every day. You can see him on the screens, read his speeches,
listen to his speeches. I don’t think sane people can discern any
sort of symptom of disease in this man.”
“Putin is definitely sick … whether he’s going to die soon is mere
speculation,” the DIA official concluded. “Still, we shouldn’t rest
assured. We shouldn’t answer our own mail, if you will, believing
only the intelligence that affirms our own desired outcome. He’s
still dangerous, and chaos does lie ahead if he does die. We need
to focus on that. Be ready.”