Russian officers are already planning to exchange Vladimir Putin as chief 11 months after he invaded Ukraine, a former loyalist has claimed.

Igor Strelkov, an ex-FSB colonel who was key to Putin’s annexation of Crimea, also claims a mass mobilisation of 500,000 Russian males is the one way Putin will defeat Ukrainian forces.

Speaking on video, the now-staunch Putin critic said: ‘The fight for the political Olympus has began among the groupings that surround Putin.

‘The battle to interchange him is raging to the level that ‘even we can realize it’.

The fight at the best specializes in rebel Putin crony Yevgeny Prigozhin, and loyalist forces within the defence ministry round weakening defence minister Sergei Shoigu, in line with Strelkov.

Nikolai Patrushev, ex-FSB head, is every other identify likely to pull the cause on Putin in a bid to avoid wasting the elite ruling circle.

His son, agriculture minister Dmitry Patrushev, is also every other figure circulating if Putin loses the struggle or deteroriates because of sick well being.

Putin’s management is being wondered via the ones closest to him, his critics say (Image: AFP by the use of Getty Pictures)

Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) is reportedly becoming an enormous political drive in Russia (Image: Vedomosti)

Talking about Prigozhin, who was Putin’s chef, Strelkov mentioned: ‘His contemporary appearances in the media obviously confirmed that now he positions himself not just like a conflict commander, however as a public and a political determine…

‘Prigozhin stands towards the grouping which Shoigu both heads or belongs to.

‘they have already began to combat. It was like a “feudal” struggle. the army drawback led to an influence obstacle.

‘In flip the power difficulty will deepen the military situation. And it’ll stay happening the spiral, until pressing measures are taken.’

Strelkov stated there might be a 2d or even a third wave of mobilisation to check out and win the conflict in Ukraine.

Telegram channel Basic SVR claimed Putin has approved plans to call up two million for mobilisation this 12 months.

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