Russian invasion of Ukraine progresses slower than Moscow would like. Now mounting evidence suggests that Vladimir Putin is taking it out on the leadership of the military and intelligence services..

Der Spiegel writes about this, adding that the Russian dictator began to punish those " At least two high-ranking Russian intelligence officers under house arrest. And the Ukrainian special services report that the Kremlin even fired several generals.

Andrey Soldatov, a Russian investigative journalist, Kremlin expert and military expert, published reports of house arrests of intelligence chiefs.. He tweeted that Putin " And the head of the 5th service of the FSB, Colonel General Sergei Beseda, and his deputy were under house arrest.. Der Spiegel writes that Soldatov is considered a reliable and informed source in intelligence circles..

In an interview with the British Times, he said that the FSB most likely knows the real situation on the battlefields in Ukraine.. The only question is what the secret service reported to Putin.

“The problem is that it’s often very risky for people in charge to say things to Putin that he doesn’t want to hear,” Soldatov explained, adding that this is why the information for the Russian dictator will be “reformulated”.

Security expert and former UK intelligence agent Philip Ingram also speaks of tense situation in the Kremlin. According to him, Putin is “very furious”.

He believes that it is the FSB that is responsible for the defeat of the Russian army in Ukraine. In particular, his fury is directed at the head of foreign intelligence, who is now being punished "

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Reports of such a tense situation in the Kremlin are consistent with Ukrainian intelligence reports.. It was reported that Putin fired 8 high-ranking commanders of the Russian army. The head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov also spoke about this..