Jodi Ann Paterson: Ukraine Intelligence Chief repeats claim Putin is using body doubles

Ukraine intelligence chief repeats claim Putin is using a body double… and says his EARS are the giveaway!

Ukraine intelligence sources claim Vladimir Putin may have used a body double
Major-General Kyrylo Budanov raised suspicions about his behaviour on air
He claims a close examination of the president’s ears show they have changed
Budanov also claims the body doubles have ‘different habits, gaits and height’

Ukraine’s Major General Kyrylo Budanov appeared on TV to claim to viewers that Putin’s height and ears have changed in recent appearances – and alleged it is proof he is using ‘body doubles’.

Major-General Kyrylo Budanov (right) raised suspicions over an alleged body double of the Russian premier, whose health has been the subject of intense speculation in recent months

Ukraine’s military intelligence chief has revived a theory that Vladimir Putin is using body doubles — and has pointed at his changing ears over the years as proof.

The 69-year-old Russian president’s health has been the topic of fierce discussion among commentators.

His close ally Nikolai Patrushev is said to have stood in for the president during his medical appointments.

Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, has allegedly stood in for the Russian leader during medical appointments

This week, Ukraine’s Major General Kyrylo Budanov appeared on TV to claim to viewers that Putin’s height and ears have changed in recent appearances, The Sun reports.

He said: ‘The picture, let’s say, of the ears, is different… And it’s like a fingerprint, each person’s ear picture is unique. It cannot be repeated.’

Budanov further alleged that Putin body doubles ‘have different habits, different mannerisms, different gaits, sometimes even different heights if you looked closely’.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) pictured with then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2006

Same person? Putin is pictured delivering a speech in the Kremlin on April 11 2018, but Ukraine’s intelligence chief says the ear is different to Putin’s past appearances

Budanov had previously claimed a Vladimir Putin body ‘double’ may have been used for his arrival at a summit in Tehran last month.

While the Russian leader looked awkward as he came down the steps of his presidential plane in Tehran, Ukrainian sources noted that he moved unusually quickly and was more alert than in prior public appearances.

The Russian premier looked animated when greeting the waiting party, before removing his jacket and clambering into a heavily armoured limousine.

Budanov said he was suspicious of Putin’s appearance in a live interview on Ukraine’s 1+1 news channel.

Ukrainian reports said Budanov suggested that a Putin lookalike could have flown to Tehran to meet with the presidents of Iran and Turkey.

‘I will only hint,’ he said. ‘Please look at the moment of Putin’s exit from the plane. Is it Putin at all?’

The Russian leader’s visit to Tehran where he met Iran’s leadership, plus Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, attracted worldwide attention.

It is only the second time Putin has been abroad since launching his Special Military Operation in Ukraine five months ago.

Question: What’s the problem with top leaders of the world using body doubles. especially when there’s risk of assassination such as in the case of Putin?

Why would Ukraine’s General so interested in GOSSIP like this when his country is about to be wiped off the map of the earth? Their military got nothing better to do?