Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 30 announced that Moscow would annex four Ukrainian provinces following staged "referendums." Advertisement“Since the start of the occupation we have witnessed growing alarm from a number of Putin’s inner circle,” a Western intelligence official said. “It seems to me his position is fragile,” one Russian official said of Putin in an interview on the day the mobilization was announced. If the Russian military doesn’t stem its losses, then infighting will break out, said one of these people, a member of the Russian business elite.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2022 22:41 UTC