Demoralized Russian soldiers are sabotaging their own equipment — including accidentally downing their own planes — and top generals are lying to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the success of his military campaign in Ukraine, the United Kingdom’s spy chief said Thursday.
Jeremy Fleming, the head of Government Communication Headquarters, said during a speech in Australia that Putin had “massively misjudged” both the capabilities of Russian forces and the will of the Ukrainian people to fight for their homeland.
The Guardian disputes such claims…
Why is GCHQ saying Putin has been misinformed about Ukraine war?
For a spy chief, it was an eye-catching claim. “We believe Putin’s advisers are afraid to tell him the truth,” the GCHQ boss, Sir Jeremy Fleming, confidently declared overnight to an audience in Australia.
The head of the British eavesdropping agency offered no details to back up his assertion – leaving the impression it was a piece of psychological warfare, of the “we know all is not well in the Kremlin” type.
#Ukraine: An LNR-operated (Separatist) T-64BV was struck by Ukrainian fire in #Luhansk Oblast, destroying the vehicle.
Please ignore the “T-72” label; this is incorrect. pic.twitter.com/ygyauYJmav
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 31, 2022
#Ukraine: Accurate mortar fire from the Ukrainian 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade landing on Russian Tanks, destroying/damaging at least 3 vehicles; they appear to be T-72 variants.
Ukrainian indirect fire is often corrected with drones, as is the case here. pic.twitter.com/duDKNtOvID
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 30, 2022
