Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been given true information about the land reality of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war because the Kremlin does not have officials who can speak the truth to power, the White House believes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is indeed in the dark about the land reality of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war and especially how Russia has danced conflict, because Putin officials were too afraid to tell the truth, the White House said quoted several US intelligence. This finding also shows “persistent tensions” between Putin and his defense ministry, said a senior US official.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who disappeared which was suddenly triggered by speculation, also no more in line with Putin, US findings have confirmed. Ukraine claimed Shoigu had experienced a heart attack after he had a heated confrontation with Putin, which was dismissed by the Kremlin.
Follow the direct renewal of the Russian-Ukrainian war
“We believe (Putin is) misinformed by his advisers about how severe the Russian military appeared and how the Russian economy was paralyzed by sanctions, because, once again, senior advisors were too afraid to tell the truth,” White House Communication Director Kate Bedingfield said, as quoted by the AFP news agency.
US Secretary Antony Blinken has talked about US intelligence reports and said that Putin was always given better information than his advisor. “With regard to President Putin, see, what I can say is this, and I say this before, one of the Achilles heels from autocracy is that you don’t have people in the system talking about power or who has the ability to speak the truth with Strength. And I think it’s something we see in Russia, “Blinken said.
Officials who spoke with the New York Times said Putin faced isolation in Kremlin and there were many reasons behind it. Putin himself maintained a rigorous social distance from his officials during a pandemic which resulted in the key officials cold towards him. Putin also publicly rebuked his official who did not subscribe to his opinion forced his senior lieutenants to most of sharing with him half information or information that would only cheer him up.
When Russian repositioned himself in the ongoing war, moving from Kyiv, US intelligence claimed that Putin was truly unaware of the big losses seen by the military in the past month. He also did not realize that the Russian military had used military service in Ukraine revealing “clear in the flow of accurate information”