Unconfirmed reports state that Vladimir Putin’s automobile was “attacked” during the conflict in Ukraine, possibly in an attempt to kill him.
It is claimed that his limousine was struck by a “loud noise” on its “left front wheel followed by considerable smoke.”
Putin was unharmed as the vehicle sped to safety, but there have been a number of arrests from Putin’s security service, and other bodyguards have gone missing, amid allegations that top-secret information about the 69-year-old leader’s whereabouts was compromised, according to the General SVR Telegram channel.
A Russian Telegram channel called General SVR frequently publishes purported insider information on Putin and the Kremlin.
General SVR is one of the few well-known anti-Putin channels in Russia, according to some who doubt it, but others who believe it offers a window into the real events taking place at the Kremlin.
The same source asserts in a another article that Putin ordered his gorgeous lover, 39-year-old former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, to have an abortion, which allegedly worsened their relationship.
It is not possible to confirm either astounding claim right away.
Putin’s car ‘despite the problems with control’ made its way out of the attack scene to reach the safety of the residence.
‘Subsequently, the body of a man was found driving [the] ambulance, which blocked the first car from the motorcade,’ said SVR General.
The channel – which boasts an inside track to the Kremlin yet provides no hard evidence for its allegations – said details of the supposed attack are ‘classified’.
‘The head of the president’s bodyguard [service] and several other people have been suspended and are in custody,’ claimed the channel, without naming anyone.
‘A narrow circle of people knew about the movement of the president in this cortege, and all of them were from the presidential security service.
‘After the incident, three of them disappeared.
‘These were exactly the people who were in the first car of the motorcade.
‘Their fate is currently unknown.
‘The car on which they were traveling was found empty a few kilometres from the incident.’
‘On the way to the residence, a few kilometres away, the first escort car was blocked by an ambulance, [and] the second escort car drove around without stopping [due to the] sudden obstacle, and during the detour of the obstacle.
In Putin’s car ‘a loud bang sounded from the left front wheel followed by heavy smoke’.