Vladimir Putin is plotting arms exchange with the Taliban

According to a report in the British SUN newspaper, the Russian president Vladimir Putin is overseeing negotiations with the Taliban to obtain military equipments the US left behind in Afghanistan, in exchange with Russian weapons and possible recognition of the group’s government.

The newspaper cites the Telegram channel General SVR that Russia wants to use American military equipments held by the Taliban to bolster its forces in Ukraine. General SVR is an anonymous channel believed to be run by a former Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) lieutenant general.