Vladimir Putin is under pressure as Russian spies are reportedly turning on the Kremlin boss blaming him for the failures of the " special military operation ".
Russian spooks are said to be at odds with Putin over the handling of their invasion, an expert on the Russian secret service has said.
As a result, Putin is said to have launched a purge of his intelligence services, including the spies from the Fifth Service group of the Federal Security Bureau - the department who were working on Ukraine.
