Ukraine don go embarrass Russia for dia doorstep

Di carefully calculated assassination on Tuesday morning of Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, di head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, dey designed to spread fear and serious hatred.

Fear, because if Ukrainian special forces fit now kill top commander for Moscow, nobody dey safe.

Loathing, because di assassination go intensify di Kremlin’s hatred of Ukraine in time for potential peace talks.

Ukraine declare Kirillov war criminal less than 24 hours earlier for approving di use of tear gas and oda banned agents against Ukrainian forces. Essentially, dem don place am on dia hit list.

Baza, one Telegram channel wey dey linked to di Russian security services, virtually admit di attack right unda di Kremlin’s nose na embarrassment.

Kirillov get hatred for di West for acting as di mouthpiece for di Kremlin lie say di US dey run chemical weapons factories for Ukraine and Georgia.

Him murder fit accelerating pattern of assassinations by Kyiv of senior Kremlin officials for Russia dey linked to di war.

Five days ago, one senior scientist for di Kremlin’s missile programme don die as dem shoot am for forest for one Moscow suburb.

Ova di past couple of months top Russian Air Force, Navy and Army commanders wey dem don hunt am down and killed am for southern Russia.

In many ways, di assassination of di Kirillov feel like high point for Ukraine’s flamboyant assassination programme, one fine-tuned process wey don take out senior propagandists, collaborator officials, journalists, scientists and military officers for Russia and occupied Ukraine.

Bombs wey dem hid unda cars, for scooters and for vanity busts, don be Ukrainian assassins’ preferred tool but dem don also shoot am and kill am as dia prey.

One blame game don begin follow Kirillov’s death.

Influential Russian military bloggers don now start to dey question for di competence of di Russia’s internal security services.

Rybar, one Telegram channel with 1.3 million subscribers, talk say di assassination bad for morale, even for di front line.

“No mata di kind success wey we don achieve for di battlefield, no mata di euphoria reigns and no mata how much we talk about seizing di initiative, di oda side go always get di opportunity to take dey sting painfully,” e talk. “You no fit relax am at all.”

But wat of di morale for di Kremlin himself and dia attitude towards potential peace talks with Ukraine?

Dmitry Medvedev, di deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, don call for immediate revenge, but fit say di assassination of Kirillov change Vladimir Putin’s as him don resolve to take push him attacks along di front line and force am to negotiate with Ukraine?

E dey unlikely say, afta all di Kremlin don already lose more than 700,000 soldiers prosecuting dia war for Ukraine.

One more dead soldier, even di top general murdered for Moscow seem to dey hardly mata.

Analysts talk say di assassinations go unnerve di Kremlin Putin, notoriously paranoid, and him acolytes go dey look ova dia shoulders.

Nigel Gould Davies, one senior fellow for di International Institute for Strategic Studies, talk say : “Ukraine’s ability to target serving general for Moscow go deeply disconcert elites, say dis na di most significant assassination so far.”

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