Putin urgently left for Valdai — UP citing an anonymous source from Ukrainian intelligence

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have left Russia for Valdai in an emergency.

This was reported by Ukrainska Pravda, citing an anonymous source in the Ukrainian intelligence community.

Valdai is a city in northern Russia in the Novgorod region.

"Ukrainska Pravda also writes that Ukrainian intelligence services are receiving information about panic in Moscow and preparations to mine bridges in the Russian capital.

Earlier, Putin's spokesman Peskov said that the Russian president "remains to work in the Kremlin".