VLADIMIR Putin might already be dead, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed today in a bizarre speech.

Rumours have been swirling for months about the 70-year-old Russian tyrant's failing health - fuelled by his bloated face and trembling legs.Bombshell spy documents leaked to The Sun appeared to confirm he has pancreatic cancer and early-stage Parkinson's disease.

Ukraine previously suggested Russia is using body doubles to stand in for Putin - and earlier this month, the country's spy chief claimed he will "die very soon of cancer".

Now Ukrainian leader Zelensky has claimed he might already have died - hinting at the use of green screens.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he said: "I don't quite understand who to talk to and about what.