“If true, this is another major escalation.”
By whom? This guy had plenty of enemies in Russia who don’t believe in Putin’s nationalistic ideals.
You don’t think the KGB can reach out and touch people in Kiev, DC and Brussels? There are plenty of people in country who don’t like Biden and Zelensky’s fascist ideals. As I said, “if true” that this was a Ukrainian (CIA) operation, fully expect the Russians to logically reply in kind.