Ukrainian intelligence director Kyrylo Budanov confirms that the Russian president Vladimir Putin “He survived an assassination attempt that targeted him” in the middle of the Russian military operation in Ukraine two months ago, Ukrainian newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda reported on Monday, explaining that he was targeted by individuals from the Caucasus region, where Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and parts of southern Russia are.
Budanov said that the failed assassination attempt was not announced by Moscow so as not to affect the morale of the Russian people at a critical time. However, a Russian newspaper hinted shortly after the assassination attempt that Putin was carrying his nuclear bag at a funeral, a bag that could launch a remote attack, which indicated his fears of an assassination attempt at any moment.
Several reports convey that Putin is hiding in an underground shelter for fear of the desire of senior officials in the Kremlin to overthrow him, according to a report published by the British newspaper “Daily Mirror” last Saturday, in which it said that “he is paranoid, and spends his life in an underground shelter, where he tests his food.” well before eating it for fear of poisoning it,” she said.
The Daily Mirror also said Putin is “worried about the chemical levels of the water in his morning swimming pool and so obsessed with being assassinated that he has moved away from his once trusted inner circle”.