Last night, Vladimir Putin ordered the dismissal of 150 security personnel as he prepared for last military onslaught in Ukraine.
Officers from the Federal Security Service, which is the successor to the KGB, have been fired, and others have been detained. After Western intelligence officers discovered his country's combat preparations before the invasion, the desperate Russian president is on the lookout for traitors.
Vladimir Putin Orders Purge of 150 Secret Agents
After his military effort fell short of a speedy triumph, he's seeking someone to blame. Colonel-General Sergei Beseda, the chief of the FSB's foreign intelligence section, was transported from house arrest to Moscow's high-security Lefortovo jail Wednesday night.
Officially, the 68-year-old espionage director is being probed for theft, but it is believed that the Kremlin is holding him responsible for the leaks that have hampered Russia's war effort. The investigation is being directed by Russia's military counterintelligence organization as Putin attempts to stifle the flow of information from the West.
Several FSB personnel have been jailed for allegedly "providing misleading information to the Kremlin about the true situation in Ukraine before the invasion."
They are believed to have sent briefings to Putin, persuading him that Russian soldiers would be welcomed as liberators and that Ukrainian forces would give little opposition. Russia's military effort has never fully recovered from the Kremlin's erroneous planning assumptions, Daily Mail reported.
Secret service briefings had persuaded Putin that his forces would be warmly received by many Ukrainians and would accomplish a quick triumph. In truth, they've been up against insurmountable odds.
The action will be interpreted as a message to other senior Putin advisers who are expected to shoulder responsibility for Russia's massive death toll in Ukraine. The Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee is looking into Beseda's case, according to Russian intelligence analyst Andrei Soldatov, who reported the Lefortovo maneuver.
Beseda, who was the head of FSB intelligence and political subversion throughout the former Soviet Union, was seized while on a trip to Ukraine. Putin is claimed to be concerned that spies may have disclosed invasion plans to the West; therefore, Beseda and his deputy Anatoly Bolyukh were seized but have been placed under house arrest until recently.
Beseda served as the head of the FSB's 5th service since 2009 and was a long-time trusted Putin secret service figure. Bolyukh's present whereabouts are unknown, and Russia has made no official announcement about his arrest or confinement. Putin also dismissed the Russian national guard's deputy commander last month, according to Mirror.
Report: Russian Officials Putin Will Be Prosecuted of War Crimes
Meanwhile, Ukraine's envoy to the United States stated Sunday that Putin and any forces involved in atrocities in Ukraine will face war crimes charges. According to Oksana Makarova, all Russian troops and leaders complicit in war crimes would face international prosecution.
Since Russia's incursion on February 24, Putin and his army have been accused of perpetrating heinous war crimes across Ukraine. President Joe Biden judged that the allegations were accurate late last month and the US. Later, the House of Representatives enacted a measure mandating the administration to describe any criminal evidence.
Russian soldiers came under increased scrutiny on Friday when one of its missiles hit a railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, killing at least 50 Ukrainian citizens attempting to evacuate the war-torn nation.
Hundreds of Ukrainian people were allegedly slaughtered and tortured by the military days before they withdrew from the Kyiv area. In the village of Bucha, where more than 300 people were killed, disturbing photographs have emerged depicting mass graves and bodies with their hands tied behind their backs. Russian soldiers are also accused of raping and torturing women, as well as murdering and kidnapping children, as per Newsweek via MSN.
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