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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Chris Hughes

Western leaders fear Putin planning deadly strike to turn war in Russia's favour

Western leaders are bracing for a massive Kremlin escalation in its war against Ukraine as American citizens are recalled urgently from Russia.

They fear Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for a strike inside Ukraine or an attack against western interests such as maritime communications cables and cyber war.

Spies in the UK and American believe there is very "credible intelligence” that Putin is preparing to escalate to try to turn the war in Russia’s favour.

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