Putin’s cousin huge blunder
Vladimir Putin's cousin was reprimanded after inadvertently disclosing the number of Russian casualties in the ongoing conflict.
Anna Tsivileva, currently Russia's Deputy Minister of Defense and Secretary of State, faced criticism after a statement to the Duma in which she revealed that authorities had received 48,000 requests for DNA tests from families seeking to identify soldiers killed in Ukraine.
Anna Tsivileva is the cousin of Putin's first cousin, Yevgeny Mikhailovich Putin, making her a relative of the Russian president.
Following her remarks in parliament, a deputy urged her not to share classified information.
Andrey Kartapolov, said: "I must kindly ask you to refrain from revealing these figures anywhere. This is classified information, quite sensitive. And when we draw up the final documents, we also don't want these figures to be floated anywhere."
Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has avoided acknowledging its human or material losses. Only Ukraine has provided figures, which cannot be independently verified.
Although her statement was removed from broadcast television, it quickly spread across social media platforms.
(QG - Newsweek / Picture: © Pixabay)