German N-TV news brought up this story in the AM today, and it's a questionable story (I'd give it on the BS-meter....a '5').
The story goes this way....the GUR (the military intelligence folks of the Ukraine) apparently have 'informers' in Russia. There's this hint that it's ranging from the low levels of the Russian military....all the way to Kremlin-insiders.
The story might be marginally true....with just a dozen informers. The story might be 50-50...meaning at least one Kremlin-insider is passing info. The story might be entirely true.
The problem as the FSB/Kremlin folks look at the story? If you thought for a minute it were true....you'd have to purge some folks (not just dozens, but probably hundreds or thousands).
You'd get into a reckless mindset and just select a hundred people at random, and drag them off to prison....just to set an example.
My humble belief is that there might be just a couple of folks in this situation....but Putin's crowd might be stupid enough to think it's well over a thousand. Purging in the middle of a military operation? Most people would agree....it just makes a bigger mess.
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