The Washington Post reported that a person who was close to Putin challenged him over the war.
There are few open shows of dissent in the Kremlin.
The details of the disagreement were in President Joe Biden's intelligence briefings.
According to The Washington Post, a member of Putin's inner circle confronted him about the mistakes he made in the invasion of Ukraine.
The individual, whom the Post did not name, expressed concern to Putin about the mismanagement of the war effort.
Details of the disagreement and the identity of the person who challenged Putin were included in President Joe Biden's intelligence briefings.
A Western intelligence official told The Post that since the start of the occupation a number of Putin's inner circle have grown alarmed.
Recent Russian losses, misguided direction and military shortcomings are what our assessments suggest they are.
There have been setbacks in Russia's attempt to take control of Ukraine.
The Russian military was pushed back from thousands of square miles of territory in east Ukraine by the Ukrainians.
Top officials rarely challenge Putin directly, so the report of a confrontation in his inner circle is noteworthy.
Analysts often cite the failure by top officials to question Putin's assumptions as a reason for the country's poor progress.
There had been disagreements over the war.
There is disagreement over certain things. Some people think we should act differently. This is part of the normal process.
Plans to seize Ukrainian capital Kyiv were abandoned earlier in the year due to stiff resistance from Ukrainian forces.
A stalemate followed for months, but the successful effort by Ukraine to push Russian back has caused open criticism even among Kremlin allies and commentators.
Many of Putin's former security and intelligence officials are in his inner circle.
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