Undisclosed heavy losses and Putin implicated us .. “The Times” publishes a shocking leak from inside the Russian intelligence
Watan - The British newspaper, "The Times", said that a report issued by the Russian intelligence stated that Russia's losses in Ukraine were heavy and that President Vladimir Putin had taken the decision to war without referring to the intelligence service.
A failed war and Russia's losses exceeded 10,000 dead
According to Watan’s translation, The Times reported that the report describes the war as a failure, and that the losses exceed 10,000 dead.
And the British newspaper quoted informants from the apparatus, that Putin took the decision to war without referring to the apparatus, which made her surprised by the war and its repercussions, and that the death toll exceeded 10,000, in contrast to what Russia announced that it had lost 498 dead.
And the informants continue: “No one knows in the state the number of dead, because we have lost contact with the military units. The higher authorities asked us to write reports showing our victories over the economic sanctions imposed on us.”
A Russian informant contacted by The Times said: “You have to write the analysis in such a way that Russia will be the victor, otherwise you will be questioned for not doing a good job.”
The report went on to say that even if Zelensky was killed, Russia would have no chance of invading Ukraine.
"Even with minimal resistance from the Ukrainians, we need more than 500,000 soldiers, as well as supply and logistics workers," he added.
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He added that Russian intelligence is seeking today to accuse Ukraine of building a nuclear bomb, in order to launch a preemptive strike.
The leaked report also stated that the President of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, could turn his back on Putin and order his forces to fight against Russia after Ukrainian forces destroyed the Chechen "hit squad" that ordered the killing of President Zelensky.
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What will Russia do once its occupation of all of Ukraine is completed?
The Ukrainian General Staff said this morning that Russian forces opened fire on the city of Mykolaiv, 480 km south of the capital, Kyiv.
Rescue workers said they were putting out fires in residential areas caused by the rocket attacks.
The bombing also continued in the outskirts of Kyiv, including Irbin, which was cut off from electricity, water and heating for three days.
The Ukrainian General Staff said: “Russia continues to launch missile, bomb and artillery strikes against the cities and settlements of Ukraine. The invaders continue to use the airport network in Belarus to launch air raids on Ukraine.”
The Russians also targeted humanitarian corridors, held women and children hostage, and planted weapons in urban areas, according to the General Staff.
A Russian task force said a ceasefire would begin this morning, the twelfth day of the war, for civilians from Kyiv and the southern port city of Mariupol, Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, and Sumy.
Russia uses Syrian fighters
And the American newspaper, “The Wall Street Journal,” revealed that Moscow is currently recruiting skilled Syrians in guerrilla warfare to fight in Ukraine, as the Russian invasion is preparing to expand deeper into the cities, according to US officials.
A US assessment indicates that Russia, which has been operating inside Syria since 2015, has in recent days recruited fighters from there. Hoping that their expertise in urban combat would help take control of Kyiv and deal a devastating blow to the Ukrainian government. That's according to four US officials.
A US official told the newspaper, "Some Syrian fighters are already in Russia. They are preparing to join the battles in Ukraine.” This source did not provide further details.
Ukraine has officially opened the door to foreigners to fight, and its embassies in the world have issued statements calling on foreigners to come and fight the Russian forces. "Tens of thousands of volunteers have arrived in Ukraine to join its forces," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
The former head of US National Intelligence, James Clapper, had touched upon reports of the Russian president's intention. Vladimir Putin sent 1,000 mercenaries to fight in Ukraine.
chemical weapon
"These (mercenaries) are older, more experienced and ruthless," he said in an interview with CNN. And I think the message here is that there is a kind of desperation on Putin's part to do it at this point."
"Apparently the Russians thought they would enter Ukraine and the Ukrainians would easily succumb," he said. And start sending mercenaries and one of the things that worries me about that is the local use of chemical weapons against the civilian population.”
He added, "Of course, Putin's close friend, Bashar al-Assad, did it in Syria, so this is a matter of concern... Putin's mental state. It is one of the dilemmas that intelligence faces, as it has always been a mystery to us... and to me it is the Hitler of the 21st century.”
In the same context, the “Syrians for Truth and Justice” organization reported that Russian officers had requested some of the Syrian security services. Start registering the names of highly experienced fighters in street warfare, to fight in Ukraine.
The organization also presented testimonies of fighters registered with the Syrian security services in order to go to Ukraine. And fighting alongside the Russian forces, explaining that one of them took the step after failing to find a job in the Damascus countryside where he resides. After the end of his mandatory and reserve service in the regime's army.
As for the second fighter, he attributed his position to loyalty to Russia. He pointed out that "in the event that the fighting turns into street fighting, the Syrians have good experience."
On the other hand, the organization spoke of rumors about Turkey giving orders to the opposition factions to recruit fighters to send them to Ukraine. To support the latter against the Turkish invasion, but it denied, quoting a leader in the opposition, stressing that there is a desire on the part of some factions to fight Russia in Ukraine.
(Source: The Times - Watan)