'A lot is being done behind Putin's back, which, of course, he is not informed about,' a former Ukrainian foreign minister said.
are covertly discussing how to oust the Russian president from power amid the ongoing Ukrainian war.
In an opinion piece published Tuesday by The New Voice of Ukraine, Volodymyr Ohryzko wrote that these purportedly secret talks are aimed at getting rid of Putin to safeguard the participants' interests. "A lot is being done behind Putin's back, which, of course, he is not informed about," Ohryzko wrote."But a group of people who stand on the side or above or below Putin , who will lose a lot from the current absolutely catastrophic situation for Russia, will definitely think about how to exchange Putin for their security, for further financial gain, and to return to their previous paradise life in the West.
Ohryzko, who served as Ukraine's foreign minister from 2007 to 2009, added that he was"convinced that these non-public negotiations have been going on for a long time."was not able to independently verify the claims and reached out to the Kremlin for confirmation and comment. Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves the scene during an award ceremony at the State Kremlin Palace on November 9 in Moscow. A former foreign minister of Ukraine alleges that a group of people around Putin are secretly talking about ousting him.
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