Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine will be a 'total failure' comparable to the collapse of Nazi Germany, a report by a so-called FSB analyst has claimed.
The over 2,000-word report added that Russia's forces have 'no options to victory, only defeat' as they continue to meet strong Ukrainian resistance, that experts believe has surprised many in Moscow including the president himself.
It said that the number of Russians killed in Ukraine could already be over 10,000 - a figure similar to that reported by Kyiv officials - and far more than the 498 dead soldiers officially acknowledged by the Kremlin.
The whistleblower also claimed the FSB - Russia's successor to the Soviet Union's feared KGB - was being blamed for the failure of Moscow's forces to make significant progress into Ukraine, despite being given no advanced warning of the invasion.
The report also said Russia's government has lost contact with a number of its divisions that have been sent into Ukraine, meaning they had no accurate death toll.
It came as former Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev insisted that Putin is not 'insane' but 'immoral' as he said the president believes his invasion is logical because he has started to believe his false propaganda that Ukrainians are 'neo-Nazis'.
Russian human rights activist and operator of the anti-corruption website Gulagu.net Vladimir Osechkin published the report on Facebook last week, according to The Times.
Christo Grozev, an expert on Russia's security services...
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