Why Russia would be foolish to assassinate Zelensky, and Ukraine foolish to assassinate Putin | TomRtweets
Ukraine's SBU domestic security service has detained a woman whom it accuses of gathering intelligence on Zelensky's movements. The woman apparently intended to provide Russia with advanced warning of Zelensky's next visit to southern Ukraine. Russia would feasibly then be able to launch a major missile attack targeting Zelensky.But whether this particular plot was credible or not, I'd suggest it now makes little sense for Russia to assassinate Zelensky.
The major problem for Moscow is that Zelensky is now commonly viewed abroad as a heroic leader. Were Russia to kill him, it would risk reinforcing the already widespread foreign perception that its war is an utterly unjust one. It would risk making Zelensky a martyr. It would certainly encourage greater military and financial support for Ukraine, not less support.
Although Ukrainians might welcome the killing of the leader who has unleashed such misery upon them, that course of action would be unlikely to facilitate Ukraine's key strategic objective. Namely, the dislocation of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory. Considering that Russia's SBP presidential security service is both competent and well resourced, any Ukrainian assassination attempt would carry a high risk of failure alongside inherently negative corollary consequences.
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