T or F: Russian FSB whistleblower posts failure admission ONLINE!: (Daily Mail)

[lindysalsagal]

DISCLAIMER: This is not verified, and the 2 experts in the article disagree about it's veracity, so, it's possible this is strategic misinformation. I'm just passing along what Daily Mail is posting.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10588813/FSB-whistleblower-Russias-invasion-going-horribly-wrong-two-high-ranking-generals-killed.html

'There is no option for a possible victory': Letter from 'FSB whistleblower' claims that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is going horribly wrong as two high-ranking Kremlin generals are killed

A 2,000-word report by a supposed whistleblower in the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) has been posted online

The report was shared by human rights activists Gulagu, and then by intelligence analysts Bellingcat
Some analysts said they felt the letter sounded authentic, while others cautioned that it could be part of anti-Russian propaganda
In the letter, the 'FSB officer' says that the war is not going as planned and 'there is no option for a possible victory'

The author claims the FSB is being blamed at the moment within the Kremlin, and said Putin wanted to drag the world into a war like Hitler did
The letter came a a second high-ranking Russian military officer was reported to have been killed in Ukraine

[Pantagruel]

1. Jives with this from Daily Mail

"Putin 'has placed the head of the FSB's foreign intelligence branch under house arrest because he is furious at security services for failing to warn him' that Ukraine could fiercely resist invasion
Vladimir Putin has reportedly placed the head of the FSB's foreign service under house arrest, along with his deputy
The Russian president is said to blame his intelligence agencies for the slow pace of the war in Ukraine, which has seen Russian casualties continue to mount
Andrey Soldatov, a well-respected author on the Russian secret services, said sources inside the FSB told him of the arrests on Friday
Embezzlement of funds allocated for subversive and undercover work in Ukraine, as well as false information, is said to be the reason for the arrests
The FSB security service allegedly told Putin Ukraine was weak, riddled with neo-Nazi groups, and would give up easily if he invaded
The news comes after Putin was said to have sacked his top generals "

[usonian]

3. FSB has great intelligence

From American TV.



Said Ukraine is weak.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. Well, Pootie...this is what happens when you surround your All-Powerful Self...

With people who don't dare tell you you're wrong.

[Qutzupalotl]

4. Full text here:

http://www.igorsushko.com/