Why Putin Replaced Russia's Spy Agency FSB With This Notorious Ukraine-Born Officer For War Intel

Alleged intelligence failures have reportedly forced President Putin to remove FSB from its intel-gathering role in Ukraine. Putin is replacing the Russian domestic intelligence agency with Russian military’s GRU intel agency for spy operations in Ukraine. The Tsargrad TV channel reported GRU’s Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev will be overseeing Russian spy operations in Ukraine. Alekseev is believed to have ordered the 2018 poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in UK.
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[billstill]

Now it's time to evaporate another Russian general!

[sway]

Given the circumstances and proximity of the two countries I would expect this conflict is loaded with spies on both sides. That's gotta be a concern for top officers.

[rtqii]

After you have already acted on bad intelligence, causing a grave and historic criminal error... Changing your intelligence services around is not going to fix things. The damage is done.

[edwardsianski]

This looks as though Putin is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic (oops, Moskva!)

[RuruBasuMallik]

Funny thing is, everything in regards to Russia seems to be "reportedly", which means these may or may not have even a speck of truth to them.

[cordes]

The FSB is the equivalent of of MI5/FBI. Whereas the GRU is Military intelligence and SVR civilian style MI6/CIA - Shouldnt be using FSB for foreign intelligence in the 1st place.

[haileybeanzjewelry]

When you pay someone because they are loyal as opposed to knowledgeable in their field, what you get is not the most intelligent. The graft goes right down to the ruskies who maintain their military equipment.

[mistergeopolitics]

Ben Wallace, the same bloke that thought a prank caller was actually the president of Ukraine on the phone line. LOL

[AnandsaikhanNyamdavaa]

Russian military is in Ukraine, so GRU as the main military intelligence agency has to be there. It doesnt mean FSB will not be there. They have different functions

[evilgenius]

I seen one news breaks Russian soldier was heard on phone call saying they were. Told that there would be money and medals waiting on them wants they got there .The truth is they had gasoline cocktails waiting for them .

[clivesaunders]

Brilliant news. The GRU is more shite then the FSB 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[yardstare-fweh]

Send him to the sure he takes his Mobile phone so they know where to send the artillery🍔😆

[paulx]

The general seems to be a viciously competent man any chance of him being knocked off

[danwesche]

Why was the domestic intelligence agency in charge of intel for a foreign invasion in the first place? Lol

[Andygb]

Salisbury poisoning mastermind. He's hardly a mastermind, because the targets survived.

[Charlie--]

Regardless, he says a deal might be reached soon. "There are some indications that there is a possibility of a ceasefire soon, but we do not yet have firm guarantees, " Morsi said at a press conference on Saturday. "We are striving with all seriousness to stop this aggression, to reach a ceasefire.

[lindsaybrauer]

Paranoia, and insanity played a big part in Hitler's demise and it will also play a big part in Putins demise!

[texanplayer]

Lavrov: "Ok Vlad so how will you name the new spying organization? Remember, our propaganda says we are the good guys, so don't take a name that will make us look evil, stupid, childich, or all three at the same time"
Putin: "What's the name again of the protagonist in 'Despicable me'?"
Lavrov: "..."

[limyrob]

So you surround yourself with "yes men" who tell you what you want to hear and replace them with a new set of "yes men" when YOU turn out to be wrong. Let us all hope that Alekseev is on his phone a

[geoffgill]

Gotta love back biting among the Kremlin hierarchy