Ukraine's spy chief says "serious changes" coming to Russia's security forces
Saturday, 7 September 2024, 15:27
Major changes are coming to Russia's security forces in the next two months, predicts Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU).
Source: Budanov in an interview with Ukrainian radio station Radio Charter
Quote from Budanov: "The turning point [in the war – ed.] has not yet happened. But everything is close. It can't go on like this forever – the resources are not infinite, neither ours nor theirs...
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As for the Russian side, they have serious changes planned for the security forces in the next two months. We'll see how that unfolds soon. It won't take long."
Background:
- On 12 May, Russian leader Vladimir Putin proposed appointing First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov as Defence Minister, replacing Sergei Shoigu.
- Shoigu had held the post since 2012.
- At the same time, Putin appointed Shoigu as Secretary of the Russian Security Council and dismissed the previous Secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, "in connection with his transfer to another position".
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