Russian President Putin. Reuters
Newsweek: Exclusive: Putin Treated for Cancer in April, U.S. Intelligence Report Says
Vladimir Putin's health is a subject of intense conversation inside the Biden administration after the intelligence community produced its fourth comprehensive assessment at the end of May.
The classified U.S. report says Putin seems to have re-emerged after undergoing treatment in April for advanced cancer, three U.S. intelligence leaders who have read the reports tell Newsweek.
The assessments also confirm that there was an assassination attempt on Putin's life in March, the officials say.
The high-ranking officials, who represent three separate intelligence agencies, are concerned that Putin is increasingly paranoid about his hold on power, a status that makes for a rocky and unpredictable course in Ukraine. But it is one, they say, that also makes the prospects of nuclear war less likely.
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WNU Editor: Putin has been making regular public appearances, and to me he looks OK on TV.
On Victory Day his security detail looked the same as usual, not what I would expect for someone who survived an assassination attempt.
So is Putin sick?
No one outside of Putin's inner circle really knows, and his inner circle are showing no signs that he is ill.
Because if he was ill, these guys and their supporters would be positioning themselves right now to take over once President Putin can no longer rule, and that type of action cannot be hidden.
U.S. Intelligence Says Russian President Putin Was Treated For Cancer In April. Survived Assassination Attempt In March
Vladimir Putin has cancer and likely survived assassination attempt: US intel analysts -- NYPost
Report: Putin underwent cancer treatment in April, survived assassination attempt in March -- Arutz Sheva
Report: Putin treated for advanced cancer, US intelligence says -- American Military News
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