Desperate Putin ‘activates interior circle’ over peace plan as he prepares for brutal new onslaught
A furious Vladimir Putin has reportedly rejected his inner circle’s ceasefire plans, choosing instead to prepare a brutal new offensive to capture Ukraine’s Donbas
A desperate Vladimir Putin has reportedly turned on his own inner circle
A desperate Vladimir Putin has reportedly turned on his own inner circle after they dared to suggest a ceasefire with Ukraine. A Kremlin insider told Reuters the furious Russian tyrant has rejected any talk of a peace plan and is instead preparing to launch a brutal new offensive.
A source close to Putin revealed there is a “high probability” of a major escalation in the coming months as Ukraine continues to batter Russia with devastating drone strikes.
The shocking revelations fly in the face of claims by US President Donald Trump, who recently said Putin wanted the war to end and that a resolution was “closer than people realise.”
Trump has held separate phone calls with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with Zelensky noting they discussed “ideas to bring peace closer.”
But behind the scenes, the Russian dictator is said to have “dug in his heels” to achieve his goal of capturing the remainder of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
According to a Kremlin source, Putin recently delivered a savage rebuke to a group of his own advisers who suggested a compromise based on a ceasefire along the current front lines.
He remains convinced Russia will soon capture the Donbas, despite his troops’ advances slowing down significantly this year.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tried to play down the internal fury, saying: Russia is ready for a peaceful resolution but has enough capability to act independently and continue the special military operation.”
However, Ukraine’s intelligence reports suggest a more terrifying reality. A senior Ukrainian official warned that Putin is gearing up for further steps in the war rather than peace, including new operations or even a potential attack on another European nation.
Russian military experts have openly discussed striking European targets, including NATO bases in Baltic countries.
This could trigger a catastrophic World War 3 scenario, testing NATO’s commitment that an attack on one member is an attack on all.
Jack Watling, from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), warned Russia could use isolated strikes to sow division.
He said: “The Russians would not be aiming for a war with NATO. But it could be used to divide NATO over how to respond.”
He added that heightened tensions could help Putin justify a politically unpopular mandatory draft of fighting-age men to beef up his depleted forces.
Putin’s rage comes as Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and ports cause severe fuel shortages, bringing the war home to millions of citizens and sending his approval ratings plummeting to their lowest point since the 2022 invasion.
The cost of Putin’s war has already been staggering. An estimated two million soldiers have been killed, wounded, or gone missing, with a jaw-dropping 1.4 million of them Russian, according to the Centre for Strategic & International Studies.
Desperate for a win, Putin recently claimed his forces seized the strategic eastern city of Kostiantynivka – a claim Ukraine fiercely denies.
An insider who meets with the tyrant regularly confirmed that capturing the region has become a dangerous obsession for the Russian president, saying he simply “needs some kind of victory.”
