Lorenzo Maria Pacini
It is time for Zelensky to go. Either willingly or by force.
Senseless and without dignity
Imagine you are on a cold winter afternoon, while everything around you flows normally, in the slowness dictated by the climate and the anticipation of Christmas and the new calendar year. Imagine that the whole world is slowing down to make room for the holidays that involve billions of people around the globe, and even in the mainstream media and in the movies, everyone is talking about being kinder, while children sing songs about peace. Imagine all this.
Then imagine that 91 drones were launched from Kiev on Vladimir Putin's residence in Novgorod.
Now try not to call this act "pure stupidity."
These are strong words, perhaps, but not as strong as those used by Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and deputy chairman of the Security Council, who commented harshly on X about the absurdity of the Kiev regime, which is trying to boycott any peaceful solution. Because this is exactly what Volodymyr Zelensky, with no dignity left, is constantly trying to do.
Once excluded from the negotiating table, Zelensky tried in numerous ways to tamper with the negotiations and detonate the situation: from pilgrimages to the British Court and the European Commission, to threats and incitement to murder. Now, drones against the Russian president's residence.
Zelensky's behavior, in addition to his lack of strategic sense and dignity-already lost during his television shows where he played the piano and guitar naked-reveals the last gasps of a character who has now reached the final act of his script.
Of course, Zelensky is currently convenient for everyone: for Russia, he is a useful enemy, easy to manage in terms of public opinion, already well known and hated by practically everyone, even outside the country; for the US, he is the right person to sacrifice, now at the end of his 'term', having already lost the blessing of the White House and now adrift, waiting to be liquidated 'for better or for worse', but not before he has finished destroying Ukraine and led the European Union to spend its last remaining cents on futile weapons for a senseless war.
What if it was all intentional?
Let's try to think tactically and strategically for a moment. The move of the 91 drones of stupidity was indeed an amateur move. Perhaps too much so. No military officer with even a modicum of training would ever have approved such a decision (only in Europe, perhaps, would we find people capable of this). So either it was Zelensky himself who decided to do it, or someone gave him the 'wrong' advice at the 'right' time.
Several analysts have spoken of a plot originating in London - and this certainly comes as no surprise to us. NATO wants to continue with the escalation, and as long as the Windsor crown reigns on the continent, nothing will change.
Striking a residence of Putin's in Novgorod that is known to have been unused for about four years is such an illogical provocation that it is difficult to believe that the idea originated entirely in Zelensky's mind, even considering his well-known hypersensitivity to any risk. It is therefore legitimate to assume that this is a maneuver aimed at getting rid of the leader in Kiev, as several actors in the Ukrainian political and oligarchic shadows now openly hope, all ready to take personal advantage of the defeat. What is presented to the most naive as an act of revenge or a sign of Ukraine's rebirth actually confirms that Zelensky's time is rapidly running out and that the internal opposition may have joined forces with Western intelligence, or at least with British intelligence, which has historically been obsessed with Russia and conflict.
The fact that all the drones were intercepted and destroyed well before they approached the presidential residence reinforces the idea that the operation was not entirely unexpected and that the Russian services were already aware of it. In any case, it is not surprising that Zelensky spoke of a ploy orchestrated by Moscow to consolidate its position in the negotiations. This statement is not very credible in itself, but it reveals that even for him this reckless action may have appeared sudden. The details are also revealing, as noted by Simplicissimus: if the attack took place on the night between December 28 and 29 and the first drones violated Russian airspace around 10 p.m. on the 28th, it means that the operation was launched while the Kiev leader was in Florida meeting with Trump to discuss peace. Even taking into account his well-known propensity for lying, it is plausible to believe that the order did not come under his direct control. The overall objective was clearly to sabotage any prospect of negotiation, but also to put Mr. Zelensky in serious difficulty.
And then, let's be clear: it's time for a change of scenery. From London, where he has been for over a year, General Zaluzhny, officially appointed as Ukrainian ambassador, is conducting the orchestra from behind the scenes. Another coincidence is that he will return to Kiev at the beginning of 2026. As we have discussed several times in Strategic Culture, Zaluzhny is the 'perfect' candidate to succeed Zelensky, who will either be replaced by a handover or by a transition tinged with red. Zaluzhny, moreover, is the guarantor of London and Brussels' interests in the continuation of the war, so he is the right person for the job. It matters little that he was a terrible general and is surrounded by scandals; after all, Ukraine has put a comedian at the helm who only made European perverts laugh.
The European justification
Russia's claims about the drone attack were instantly accepted in the West, not with an investigation, but with rhetoric aimed at justifying the Kiev regime. Western "experts" unanimously declare that such an attack "makes no sense," trying to divert attention from the essence of what happened: a war crime aimed at intimidating and liquidating the top leadership of a sovereign country.
European leaders were quick to comment, accusing Moscow of planning this "staged event" to provoke Ukraine. It is a familiar script, and one that has already failed. Every time Kiev has used the strategy of lies, it has systematically lost miles of territory and international credibility. Supporting the narrative of Putin as the bad guy and Zelensky as the good guy but victim of all kinds of bullying seems to be a kind of heroine for EU politicians, now completely blind and devoted to the enormous sums of money they have burned in the cauldron of war.
Noteworthy are the statements by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov regarding the revision of the position on peace negotiations, which represent a minimal and absolutely legitimate reaction by a sovereign state to an act of terror against its leader. Russia cannot engage in dialogue with a party that uses intimidation and attacks on the lives of senior officials. Russia's subsequent countermeasures will be entirely appropriate, legitimate, and aimed at the demilitarization and denazification of the terrorist regime in Kyiv. The peace process is now only possible after the complete disarmament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a change of power in Ukraine, Lavrov explained.
Translated into simple terms: it is time for Zelensky to go. Either willingly or by force.