The chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had cancer and a coup was being staged to remove him from power. However, no evidence or evidence was presented. Today is the 79th day of the invasion of Russia.
“We can confirm that Putin’s psychological and physical condition is very bad. He is very ill. He suffers from several diseases at the same time, one of which is cancer,” Major General Kyrylo Budanov told the British channel “Sky News”. .
Independent Russian media, Proekt, said this year that Putin is battling thyroid cancer. The Kremlin denied that the leader was ill.
A Pentagon intelligence report had already reported that Putin had bowel cancer, and the information was also denied by Russia at the time.
Finland and Sweden in NATO
By next week, Finland and Sweden should announce whether they can try the process of joining NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Since the beginning of the conflict with Ukraine, the two have felt threatened by Russia’s plans to deploy nuclear weapons in the Baltic region.
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said today that NATO membership would help stabilize the country and could also benefit other countries around the Baltic Sea. Both Sweden and Finland have adopted military neutrality since the Cold War.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that he is against Finland and Sweden joining NATO. Turkey has the second largest army in the military alliance after the USA..
According to a Russian government spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, Putin sees “potential security threats” from Russia with the possibility of countries entering Russia. allied.
“There was an exchange of views on the decision of Finland and Sweden to join NATO and the potential threats to Russia’s security in this context,” Peskov said. said. One of Putin’s claims to invade Ukraine was the advance of Russia. nato towards Russian territory.
Following the public statements of the countries to join the military alliance, Russia announced that it would suspend electricity supply to Finland from tomorrow (14).
Russia and the USA met for the first time
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, for the first time since the start of the conflict. The information released by the Pentagon is that the Americans have called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
According to the Russian news agency Tass, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the search took place “on the initiative of the American side”.
Since the start of the war, the United States has sent about US$3.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine – out of an additional US$40 billion approved to be sent to Ukraine this week.
Also today:
- Officials in Georgia’s separatist region will hold a referendum calling for integration with Russia;
- Ukrainian soldiers loaded the bodies of Russian soldiers into refrigerated wagons in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. The aim is to comply with international law and return them to Russia;
- Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the invasion of Ukraine;
With information from AFP, ANSA and Reuters
source: Noticias
