Intelligence Reports Group of 'Influential People' Has Coalesced in Russia, Goal Is to 'Remove Putin from Power as Soon as Possible'

Ukrainian military intelligence is claiming that a group of Russian elites is plotting to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin and “restore economic ties” with the West, perhaps using his own signature methods of poisoning or an accident to accomplish the task.

“Poisoning, sudden illness, accident – Russia’s elite is considering removing Putin,” the Chief Directorate of Intelligence for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted on Facebook Sunday. It is unknown whether this is factual or propaganda to make Putin even more paranoid than he likely already is.

Intelligence is reporting that a group of “influential people” has coalesced in Russia, according to the New York Post. Their stated goal is to “remove Putin from power as soon as possible and restore economic ties with the West, which were destroyed by the war in Ukraine.”