VLADIMIR Putin is afraid that ending his relentless war on Ukraine without victory could cost him his life, insiders say.
If the deranged dictator does not end his war with the fortress belt Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, he reportedly told his inner circle he would be killed.
According to The Economist, petrified Putin told Kremlin cronies that if he does not win control of the Donbas: “They will hang me.”
Senior allies of the president feel the invasion of Ukraine has failed, dragging out for nearly five years and destroying the country’s economy.
Ukraine’s recent “long-range sanctions” blasting online retailers’ warehouses and oil refineries have caused devastating petrol shortages and brought the cost of war home to Putin’s subjects.
The ageing tyrant has accused Ukraine of opening a “Pandora’s box” with its attacks on Russian Amazon-equivalent Wildberries, after weeks of glum silence on the strikes.
But Kremlin sources say Putin is stuck at a dead end and has chosen a dangerous way out.
The desperate dictator is at risk of escalating his campaign against his neighbour by lashing out at Nato.
Last week CIA boss John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow on a secret flight, reportedly to warn the Russian leader off hitting out at the West.
And Putin was humiliated on the world stage today as Narendra Modi told him to stop his brutal war on Ukraine.
But Kremlin sources say Putin is stuck at a dead end and has chosen a dangerous way out.
The desperate dictator is at risk of escalating his campaign against his neighbour by lashing out at Nato.
Last week CIA boss John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow on a secret flight, reportedly to warn the Russian leader off hitting out at the West.
And Putin was humiliated on the world stage today as Narendra Modi told him to stop his brutal war on Ukraine.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/16928172/putin-inner-circle-hang-donbas/
