(The U.S. Sun) UKRAINE’s military intelligence has doubled down on claims that Vladimir Putin uses at least three body doubles who will all be “killed” when no longer useful.
The Putin actors are kept under strict guard and “constant surveillance” by the Russian secret services and have no independent lives, spokesman Andriy Yusov has claimed.
His comments will fuel speculation on whether the real Vlad is fully in control of the Kremlin during the war against Ukraine.
It follows allegations this week that the dictator’s New Year Address broadcast just before midnight across Russia was made by an AI Putin.
The Russian president’s neck appeared out of sync with his body, as if his head was superimposed for the televised speech, observers claimed.
“This information [on Vladimir Putin using body doubles] is confirmed by many sources,” said Yusov.
“[It] is no longer some kind of news or something that needs to be proven in the world…
“The technology of doubles has been used before and is being used now, in particular by Vladimir Putin or his entourage, people who influence the situation in the Kremlin.”
He appeared to reference claims made by some Russian sources that Putin is dead and has been replaced by body doubles manipulated by shadowy Kremlin figures led by West-hating security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
Others believe doubles are used because Putin is seriously ill or hiding in a bunker, paranoid about his security.