My girlfriend got home to Kyiv alright but the Russians are bombarding the city!

Sadly, I doubt killing Vladimir Putin would stop the fighting.

He clearly expects to be President for the rest of his life, or at least until illness stops him; has hae ensured no coherent, strong political opposition, and has likely made discreet succession plans to maintain the Russian Federation's expansionist aims.

The only man in Russia who might be able to nudge Putin towards peace might be the Patriarch Kirill, but he'd be very brave to try; risking mysteriously dying from some strange illness.

Russia has always been imperialist, and has never been truly democratic. It thinks the country includes Ukraine and Belorus (though the latter's pro-Kremlin tyranny keeps Moscow happy), likely other countries too, so whoever succceeds Putin may well be of the same ideology.

We can only hope any successor would realise the futility of the invasion, even if he does not accept its cruelty, and withdraw from Ukraine. He would be faced with very difficult problems arising from this, such as admitting Russia was wrong, caring for all her casualties, rebuilding her battered economy and restoring proper international relations.

Putin assiduously ensured as many Russians as possible know only his dogma, accept only his dogma; and convincing them he was wrong, rather as Kruschev managed to denounce Stalin, will be a nightmare; even potentially personally dangerous by upsetting the wrong people.

killing putin, no matter how much personal satisfaction you might get from it, is naive and incoherent. he would not be replaced by a nice cuddly, peace loving russian.

the russian economy is entirely dependent on the war. no putin successor could afford to stop fighting, bring home approximately 700K semi trained, brutalised service men and women, many ex convicts. no jobs, no prospects - a revolution wziting to happen (or to be suppressed).

the greatest danger to Ukraine is that putin is replaced by a younger, more dynamic leader who is prepared to prosecute the war more ruthlessly.

russia may be struggling to maintain the war. it would certainly struggle to maintain a peace.

It appears its getting more and more unsafe as the war progresses..stay safe..

I think the majority of the world are hoping for the same thing.