{"id":1501251,"date":"2022-06-02T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501251"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:30:09","slug":"u-s-intel-report-says-putin-has-advanced-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-report-says-putin-has-advanced-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Intel Report Says Putin Has Advanced Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-intel-report-says-putin-has-advanced-cancer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501251&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1241054076.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new U.S. classified intelligence report states that Russian President Vladimir Putin underwent treatment in April for advanced cancer.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin\u2019s grip is strong but no longer absolute,\u201d one of three intelligence officers from three different intelligence agencies who read the report told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/exclusive-putin-treated-cancer-april-us-intelligence-report-says-1710357\">Newsweek<\/a>. \u201cThe jockeying inside the Kremlin has never been more intense during his rule, everyone sensing that the end is near.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we know is that there is an iceberg out there, albeit one covered in fog,\u201d the DNI officer stated.<\/p>\n<p>The DIA officer added, \u201cOne source of our best intelligence, which is contact with outsiders, largely dried up as a result of the Ukraine war. Putin has had few meetings with foreign leaders. \u2026 Putin\u2019s isolation has thus increased levels of speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos of Putin consistently sitting at the end of an extremely long table with the others at the meeting at the other end of the table have led to speculation regarding Putin\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>The DNI official pointed to the recent meeting Putin had with French leader Emanuel Macron: \u201cThere was no shaking of hands, no warm embrace, and we noticed that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A photo of Putin not sitting upright in his chair while gripping the table with his hand during a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu in late April contributed to speculation that Putin was suffering from Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe May 9 \u2018Victory Day\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/putins-parade-shows-he-going-continue-whatever-cost-ukraine-1704959\">appearance<\/a> was next, where a noticeably bloated Russian leader sat slumped,\u201d Newsweek noted, adding, \u201cThree days later, Ukraine\u2019s head of intelligence Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov told U.K. Sky News that Putin was in a \u2018very bad psychological and physical condition and he is very sick.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Putin sick? Absolutely,\u201d the senior Air Force leader surmised. \u201cBut we shouldn\u2019t let waiting for his death drive proactive actions on our part. A power vacuum after Putin could be very dangerous for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if they agree that the intelligence [that Putin is dying] is reliable,\u201d the senior DNI leader says, \u201cthey can\u2019t bank on an expiration date nor signal their support for a Russia without Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth President Biden and Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/lloyd-austin\">Lloyd Austin<\/a> have let slip their desire not only for regime change but also the fall of Russia, and both have since walked back their indelicate statements,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA nuclear-armed Russia is still a nuclear-armed Russia, whether Putin is strong or weak, in or out, and not wanting to provoke him or his potential successor into thinking we are hell bent on their destruction is an important part of continued strategic stability,\u201d says the DNI official.<\/p>\n<p>The DIA leader argues that in some ways, \u201cPutin being sick or dying is good for the world, not just because of the future of Russia or ending the Ukraine war, but in diminishing the mad man threat of nuclear war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tf1info.fr\/international\/exclusif-serguei-lavrov-ministre-russe-des-affaires-etrangeres-sur-tf1-et-lci-la-france-arme-activement-l-ukraine-y-compris-avec-des-armes-offensives-2221351.html\">denied<\/a> that Putin was seriously ill, saying, \u201cYou know, President Putin appears in public every day. You can see him on the screens, read his speeches, listen to his speeches. I don\u2019t think sane people can discern any sort of symptom of disease in this man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin is definitely sick \u2026 whether he\u2019s going to die soon is mere speculation,\u201d the DIA official concluded. \u201cStill, we shouldn\u2019t rest assured. We shouldn\u2019t answer our own mail, if you will, believing only the intelligence that affirms our own desired outcome. He\u2019s still dangerous, and chaos does lie ahead if he does die. We need to focus on that. Be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}