Putin’s ‘successor’ is preparing a new killer drone army to inflict more mayhem on Ukraine 

A Russian governor who is being “groomed as a successor” to Vladimir Putin has launched a drone training school for Kremlin troops and secret service agents to attack Ukraine.

Alexei Dyumin, 50, is a former Putin bodyguard and former deputy defense minister who secretly led the 2014 operation to get ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych out of Crimea and into Russia.

He allegedly gained Putin’s trust by saving the dictator from “certain death” by fending off a bear that tried to break into a remote presidential residence in the mountains.

Now, the RIA FAN propaganda outlet has published videos and images of the drone pilot school established by order of Dyumin in Russia’s Tula region, of which he is governor.

A Russian governor who is being “groomed as a successor” to Vladimir Putin has launched a drone training school for Kremlin troops and secret service agents to attack Ukraine.

Alexei Dyumin, left, previously served in Putin’s personal security team (right)

Alexei Dyumin, the current governor of Russia’s Tula region, appears in his official photograph.

The former bodyguard recruited a host of military instructors to train a new army of drone operators as Russia seeks to regain air supremacy in its war against Ukraine, according to the outlet.

Graduates of the school undergo intense training before becoming certified, at which point they are sent directly to Ukraine to unleash drone strikes or conduct intelligence and reconnaissance operations.

“Since the beginning of the special military operation, Alexei Dyumin has been in constant contact with the Russian Defense Ministry, with the command of the units where the Tula reservists serve,” said Maxim Sinyavsky, the local trade minister.

‘Soldiers were issued additional equipment, machinery and special equipment.

“Mastering the skills of using drones will allow military personnel to perform their tasks competently.”

Vladimir Putin checks missiles on a visit to the Tula region; To his right is the region’s governor, Alexei Dyumin, described by some Russian political analysts as Putin’s successor.

Putin recently visited Dyumin (left) during a state trip to a weapons manufacturing plant in Tula.

Alexei Dyumin, 50 (left), is a former Putin bodyguard and former deputy head of the GRU intelligence service.

Dyumin has served as the deputy head of the GRU military intelligence and holds the rank of lieutenant general of the army.

He was also deputy chief of the presidential guard.

It is now increasingly being used by Putin, who reportedly has multiple health problems, as a troubleshooter to speed up military supplies to the front lines in Ukraine.

Putin met Dyumin during a state trip to Tula last month to inspect a major arms plant where Dyumin has overseen an increase in production.

Putin was seen inspecting armored personnel carriers at the Shcheglovsky Shaft JSC arms factory.

The former bodyguard of the Russian president is earning more and more positive mentions on state television for his support for the despot.

Dyumin previously recounted how he stared at the bear that came to attack Putin in a mountain shelter.

“Naturally, he was armed, the president was on top,” said the governor, who is seen as a possible president of action should Putin be forced to resign.

‘So the bear and I locked eyes, and he backed up a bit. I opened the door and emptied the entire cartridge of my pistol under his feet.

The beast wisely retreated. Putin later praised Dyumin for not shooting the beast to death.