The report said US intelligence assessments indicate the Russian leader is sick, isolated and increasingly paranoid, making his course in Ukraine unpredictable. The US National Security Council denied any such report exists.
The intelligence on Putin’s status is murky due to his isolation since invading Ukraine, the officials said, warning against jumping to any conclusions or predicting Putin’s demise.
Other Russian officials are angling for power in the Kremlin, sensing that Putin is near the end of his time, one of the officials said.
The assassination attempt was a “Russian plot” that was uncovered by Kremlin security, the report said, without providing further details. READ MORE
