The Daily Populous Friday March 28th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by thetimes.com and submitted by TimesandSundayTimes

President Putin is nearing the end of his life and the invasion of Ukraine will come to an end upon his demise, President Zelensky has said, warning that Moscow is readying its forces for an imminent offensive.

“He will die soon — that’s a fact — and it will all be over,” the Ukrainian leader, 47, told Eurovision News. “I’m younger than Putin, so put your bets on me. My prospects are better.”

Zelensky did not say why he believed that Putin, 72, was approaching death. There have been rumours for years that Putin is suffering from Parkinson’s disease or cancer. None has been confirmed, however.

President Zelensky was in Brussels on Thursday with Sir Keir Starmer and other Nato leaders ALAMY

The average life expectancy for a Russian man is only 67 years. However, Putin has access to top-quality

Sinphony_of_the_nite on March 27th, 2025 at 18:55 UTC »

Probably just something said to make Putin become even more paranoid of assassination attempts.

Cue adding another 20ft to his long ass table he uses for meetings.

Joseph20102011 on March 27th, 2025 at 18:47 UTC »

I won't be surprised that Putin will live into his 90s or reach 100 years old because he is so hypochrondriac which is very unfortunate for Ukraine in the coming years, if not decades.

TimesandSundayTimes on March 27th, 2025 at 17:12 UTC »

President Putin is nearing the end of his life and the invasion of Ukraine will come to an end upon his demise, President Zelensky has said, warning that Moscow is readying its forces for an imminent offensive.

“He will die soon — that’s a fact — and it will all be over,” the Ukrainian leader, 47, told Eurovision News. “I’m younger than Putin, so put your bets on me. My prospects are better.”

Zelensky did not say why he believed that Putin, 72, was approaching death. There have been rumours for years that Putin is suffering from Parkinson’s disease or cancer. None has been confirmed, however.

The average life expectancy for a Russian man born in 1952 is only 67 years. However, Putin has access to top-quality healthcare beyond the means of most of his citizens. He is also believed to be nearly teetotal.

Zelensky also said that Putin, who has been in power for 24 years, was afraid of losing control over his people and that Ukraine’s western allies could help to destabilise Russia by keeping up sanctions and other measures to weaken its war machine. “If they push Putin, he will face destabilisation in his society and he will fear it,” he said

It is not clear whether Putin’s eventual death will cause profound changes within Russia, or whether his allies will simply continue on his path. “After Putin, there will be Putin,” Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament, said in 2020. “Everything that happens after President Putin will happen according to the patterns he laid down.”

Russian scientists were reported to have been ordered last year to come up with anti-ageing remedies by an official working for Putin, who is said to be obsessed with the idea of eternal life. Putin is also reported by local media to take regular baths in an extract of blood from the severed antlers of Siberian red deer, believed to have powerful rejuvenating powers.