Putin's purge of his spy chiefs as invasion stalls: 150 Russian officers accused of leaks are jailed as Kremlin gears up for a massive final offensive in Donbas

 

• A mass purge of the Russian security services has seen 150 officials removed
• Many have been arrested, with Colonel General Sergai, head of the FSB's foreign intel unit, moved to the high-security Lefortovo prison in Moscow
• The purges come ahead of a suspected military operation in Ukraine's Donbas
• Russia is thought to be planning to triple the numbers of Russian troops in the Donbas region in a desperate attempt to salvage a face-saving victory 

 

Vladimir Putin launched a mass purge of 150 security officials last night as he prepared for a final military offensive in Ukraine.

 

The officers from the FSB security service – successor to the KGB – have been removed from their jobs and some have also been arrested.

 

The desperate Russian president is hunting for traitors after Western intelligence agents obtained his country’s battle plans before the invasion. He is also looking for others to blame after his military push fell short of a quick victory.

 

It emerged last night that Colonel General Sergei Beseda, head of the FSB’s foreign intelligence unit, has been moved to Moscow’s high-security Lefortovo prison after being on house arrest.

 

 

Colonel General Sergei Beseda, head of the FSB’s foreign intelligence unit, has been moved to a high security prison as it emerges that 150 security officials have been removed in a purge
 

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