Vladimir Putin survived an assassination attempt when attacked on official trip, claims Ukraine
VLADIMIR Putin has survived an assassination attempt after he was attacked during a trip, Ukraine has claimed.
The country's Chief of Defence Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov said there was an "unsuccessful attempt" against the Russian President's life at the start of the war against .
told Ukrainian : "Putin was assassinated…
"He was even attacked in the line of, as they say, representatives of the Caucasus not so long ago.
"This is non-public information. Absolutely unsuccessful attempt, but it really took place… It was about 2 months ago."
"Once again, he was unsuccessful. There is no publicity about this event, but it took place. "
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It was not left clear who was behind the alleged attack or where it took place.
The outlet said the full interview will be aired tomorrow.
It has been claimed that the Russian leader has escaped four assassination attempts in the past making him resort to having his own sniper squad tasked with keeping him alive.
Putin was said to travel everywhere with the elite shoot-to-kill sniper unit.
The crack-shot snipers have one very important job which is to locate other shooters and "take them out" before they get the chance to pull the trigger on Putin.
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The Russian President is said to have become obsessed with the idea someone is out to get him, which makes him seek protection in his isolated bunker.
Putin's army of minions hired to protect him are the only ones allowed close enough, as he obsesses over assassination plots.
The distrustful despot even employs a team of people to taste his food before he eats it, convinced he could be poisoned.
It seems the Russian dictator is becoming increasingly paranoid behind the scenes, fearing someone in his own inner sanctum could poison him.
a former KGB spy previously told Sun Online: "Putin lost the war before he even started it - and it happened a long time before this maniac idea flew into his sick head.
"He turned out to be a psychopath really heavily obsessed with paranoid ideas and conspiracy theories against himself and about non-existent threats Russia allegedly faces from the rest of the world."
He added that the mistrustful leader has "methodically, thoughtfully and calculatingly" fired or jailed anyone who "got under his personal maniacal suspicions or raised doubts".
Earlier this month Budanov fuelled rumours about the Russian tyrant's health, saying he is in a "very bad psychological and physical condition and he is very sick".
Speaking to he said he believes the war in Ukraine will hit a "breaking point" in summer and be over before the end of the year.
He claimed Putin will be ousted from office within this time as his invasion continues to stall in the face of stiff Ukrainian resistance - with rumours continuing to swirl about the Russian president's health.
He said at the time: "The breaking point will be in the second part of August.
"Most of the active combat actions will have finished by the end of this year.
"As a result, we will renew Ukrainian power in all our territories that we have lost including Donbas and the Crimea."
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He continued: "It will eventually lead to the change of leadership of the Russian Federation.
"This process has already been launched and they are moving into that way."
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