Vladimir Putin has been sent a chilling warning of an impending coup, which an expert has suggested would result in Russia’s powerful nuclear weapons being seized.
Vladimir Putin
War strategy expert Harry Kazianis told Express.co.uk that Vladimir Putin is facing an “existential situation”. He said that top-ranking Russian officials could launch a coup, as they may “try to take things into their own hands” if Putin does not win the war in the next few months. This, Mr Kazianis said, would be “really dangerous”, given the high number of nuclear weapons in Russia’s possession.
This comes as Putin’s forces continue to suffer humiliating losses in Ukraine.
According to estimates from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, as many as 44,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the fighting so far.