A growing number of senior Kremlin officials has been quietly questioning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine as military losses pile up and the Russian economy struggles to survive following multiple rounds of punishing sanctions.

Critics of Putin’s decision to go to war are spread across high-level posts in government and state-run businesses, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing 10 people with direct knowledge of the situation.

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