Putin Has Advanced Cancer, U.S. Intelligence Report Says

A new U.S. classified intelligence report states that Russian President Vladimir Putin underwent treatment in April for advanced cancer.

The report also stated that an assassination attempt was made on Putin in March, after Putin had launched an invasion of Ukraine in late February.

“Putin’s grip is strong but no longer absolute,” one of three intelligence officers from three different intelligence agencies who read the report told Newsweek. “The jockeying inside the Kremlin has never been more intense during his rule, everyone sensing that the end is near.”

One official came from the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), one served as a senior officer for the Air Force, and one came from the Defense Intelligence Agency.