Russia's main war objective: kill Zelensky

Russia no longer hides its main objective in the war: according to the Kremlin they want to kill Volodymyr Zelensky.

The circle closest to Vladimir Putin has confirmed that "the physical elimination" of the Ukrainian president is a priority, after the alleged attack with Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin, for which they directly blame Zelensky, as reported by 'El País'.

The attack on the Kremlin in which, according to Russian embassy officials, there were no deaths or injuries. "The president has not suffered in this terrorist attack and keeps his work schedule unchanged," reported the 'New York Post'.

However, the only thing that has changed in the situation of Zelensky as a target to be eliminated by Russia, is the fact that they say so openly.

The reality, according to 'The Times', is that the Ukrainian president has been a Russian target since almost the first day of the conflict, when hundreds of Chechen fighters tried to infiltrate Kiev, at the end of February 2022, to kill Volodymyr Zelensky. .

The fact that they did not succeed, notes 'The Times', only cemented the Ukrainian resistance and full support for its president.

However, the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin has allowed Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and current number two on the Russian Security Council, to launch the slogan for the "physical elimination" of Zelensky in a Telegram post.

"After today's terrorist attack, there are no other options than the physical elimination of Zelensky," wrote Dmitry Medvedev, according to the 'New York Post'.

Medvedev's argument led him to affirm that Zelensky is not necessary for Ukraine’s “unconditional surrender.” “Hitler, as we know, didn’t sign [a surrender agreement] either. There will always be some replacement, like figurehead president Admiral Dönitz,” in reference to the brief German head of state after Hitler's death.

In fact, through a statement, from the Kremlin Russia assures that they will take the pertinent reprisals for what they consider "a planned terrorist attack and an attack against the president."

In parallel, Vladimir Solovyov, a pro-Putin Russian TV star, encouraged the assassination of Zelensky, as Julia Davis, a journalist for 'The Daily Beast', has reported.

"We should not worry about which country he is in," Solovyov assured, encouraging pro-Putin Russians to attack the Ukrainian leader under any circumstances, in statements reported by 'El País'.

As if that were not enough, the president of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, has also launched a belligerent message against Ukraine, warning of the movements that Russia could make.

"We will demand the use of weapons capable of stopping and destroying the terrorist regime in Kiev. Russia will respond in accordance with its assessments of the threat that Kiev has created for the leadership of our country," says Vyacheslav Volodin, in statements collected by 'El País '.

For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky has denied the facts and assures that Ukraine had nothing to do with the drone and that they would not use critical weapons to attack Moscow, as reported by the 'New York Post'.

“We don’t attack Putin or Moscow. We fight on on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities,”" said the Ukrainian leader while visiting Finland.

As 'El País' points out, Zelensky took advantage of his visit to the International Criminal Court at The Hague on May 4th to request the creation of a special court to punish "the war crimes of Russian aggression" and, in particular, Vladimir Putin.