'I think some of the comments that he's not well or that actually surely somebody's going to assassinate him or take him out, I think they're wishful thinking,' the chief of the defence staff said of Putin, in a BBC television interview broadcast on Sunday.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - The head of Britain's armed forces has dismissed as "wishful thinking" speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin is suffering from ill health or could be assassinated.
"I think some of the comments that he's not well or that actually surely somebody's going to assassinate him or take him out, I think they're wishful thinking," the chief of the defence staff said of Putin, in a BBC television interview broadcast on Sunday. The invasion has killed or wounded 50,000 Russian soldiers and destroyed nearly 1,700 Russian tanks, as well as some 4,000 armoured fighting vehicles, he estimated.
Ukraine will dominate military briefings for Johnson's successor when he or she takes office on September 6, Radakin said.
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