Head of UK armed forces dismisses claims that Putin is seriously ill or at risk of assassination as 'wishful thinking'

The head of the UK armed forces said that claims that Russia's President is ill or could be assassinated are not true.

The chief of the Defence Staff made the comments in an interview.

Sir Tony said that some of the comments that "he's not well" or "surely someone is going to assassinate him" are not true.

He said that no one at the top of the Russian government has the motivation to challenge Putin.

He said that Russia has been badly damaged by the invasion of Ukraine because of its losses of equipment and soldiers.

There were no claims of Putin being at risk of assassination.

According to an article by Insider's Mia Jankowicz, Putin has been the subject of health problems for years.

The claims have become more prominent since the beginning of the invasion. Putin was told that he had a type of blood cancer.

There was no evidence to support the claims of ill-health and instability surrounding Putin.

They claimed at one point that an assassination attempt had taken place.

Insider's John Haltiwanger and Mattathias Schwartz reported in May that there was no evidence that Putin was seriously unwell.

Similar to Radakin's assessment, they wrote that wishful thinking may be the root of such claims.