The Kremlin plans to "throw" Vladimir Putin's Ukraine war while he's allegedly receiving chemotherapy, leaked Pentagon documents claim.
Classified documents from a Pentagon intelligence report have appeared on messaging app Discord since February and feature "top secret" plans which include a suggestion Russia's top general could sabotage Putin's war in Ukraine.
The documents, which have been printed out and photographed, contain daily intelligence briefings on troop fatalities in Ukraine along with other highly confidential information.
Many of them contain military acronyms and offer expert opinion on the war in Ukraine including critical information from the Kremlin on plans to ruin Putin's war.
According to the leaked documents, which have since been removed from the platforms, Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev and Russian Chief of the General Staff Valeriy Gerasimov want to "throw" the president's war while he's getting treatment for cancer.
The memo says: "[The source] on 22 February indicated that Gerasimov reportedly planned to continue his efforts to sabotage the offensive, noting that he promised to ‘throw’ the so-called special military operation by 5 March, when Putin was allegedly scheduled to start a round of chemotherapy and would thus be unable to influence the war effort.
"According to the [source], who received the information from an unidentified Russian source with access to Kremlin officials, Russia planned to divert resources from the Taganrog, Russia to Mariupol, Ukraine and focus its attention on the southern front."
Although Russia has not publicly commented on Putin's health there are believes in the West's intelligence circles he's receiving treatment for cancer.
The plans were reportedly hatched by top Russian officials and part of a strategy to end the war in Ukraine.
The memo added: "According to [the source], the plan for ‘the offensive’...was suspected to be a strategy devised by Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev and Russian Chief of the General Staff Valeriy Gerasimov to sabotage Putin.”
Reports have previously suggested Putin was unwell with the president cancelling two public events towards the end of last year, including his annual state address and a visit to a tank-production factory.
There was speculation he was missing the events due to receiving treatment for cancer - with Western intelligence claiming his decision to invade Ukraine could have been down to his cancer drugs.
And during recent outings a bloated face Putin can often be seen onto tables and struggling to stand without assistance.
Body language experts believe an able-bodied president "would not need to keep himself propped up with a hand held out for leverage" and "both feet planted on the ground."
Professor Erik Bucy, from Texas Tech University, told the Sun Online: "It’s an astonishingly weakened Putin compared to the man we observed even a few years ago.
"This is not a portrait of a healthy Putin but one appearing increasingly feeble and barely able to hold himself upright at a small conference table."
