Magnicides and mercenaries

The idea that the death of a leader can end a war raises many doubts. The latest event that has put back on the table with a chilling public claim the option of killing the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has been an alleged drone attack against the Kremlin with the intention of killing the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. From a moral point of view, the assassination is an absolutely reprehensible act, but like any death of any human being on either side.

And reality confirms that, from the very first moment of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, special operations groups sent by Putin tried to liquidate Zelenski. The option at first would have had a clear internal effect of destabilization of the Ukrainian power and command and a relative international repercussion. However, at this point Zelensky has become the leader of the Ukrainians and an international political figure whose removal by force would cause an entirely negative effect on the interests of Putin himself and his power environment.

This reasoning is obvious from a Western point of view but as the expert Lucas Martin insists in his analyses, we have to put ourselves in the Russian mentality to assess this kind of actions. It could be considered barbaric that the Kremlin's objective is to kill Zelenski when some negotiation option such as the Chinese plan is being considered. But from the Russian point of view, the elimination of the enemy leader, in what they still consider a special operation in Ukraine, not a war, is perfectly within their considerations. We have already seen how dangerous the heights are for Putin's opponents. And those murders remain unpunished.

The alleged attack with two drones to kill Putin raises shattering questions. How is it possible for those drones to reach the Russian center of power in the Kremlin without the anti-aircraft defense being activated long beforehand? How is it that Putin is said to sleep every night in his official residence in Novo Ogarióvo, outside Moscow, and offers himself a fixed target?

Perhaps Putin is weighing up taking cover in this type of action to declare war so he can legally use the Russian army units he needs or is he trying to divert attention from the embarrassing spectacle of mercenaries pretending to do the dirty work in Bajmut and not being supplied with the necessary ammunition. Pathetic video of the Wagner group leader but very eloquent. Other mercenaries, Kadirov's Chechens are ready to take their place. Nonsense after nonsense, but extremely dangerous and unreliable.