Two ways this happened. One he was betrayed and location given to Russia. Or Russian intelligence and their new fleet of observation drones picked up his movements and location.
If Z is gone, Ukriane may move to remove the law that makes it illegal for the Ukrainian government to conduct negotiations with Russia. Currently, under Zelinski (US) Ukraine has banned negotiations by the Uke Govt.
Maybe the replacement will be a military man or the Ukrainian Intelligence services head.
Additonally, the US is moving 87 Abrams tanks to Poland which may another attempt to stablize the frontlines before the election in the US.
Russian Minister of Defense Belousov says Russia is producing 4000 FPV drones per day.
July marked the end of the AFU. The AFU held the line for 23 months until Russian drones and FABs entered service. July was the target month for Russian drone production, which the head of Ukrainian drone forces lamented about in May.
Soon another 250k Russiam soldiers will graduate into the active army forces.
July started with Ukraine losing the PR War over their beach attack in Crimea, then Russia began their offensive.
4000 x 30 is 120k per month. The Uke Drone omander stated Russian drones who prevent 90% of Russian combat infantry losses....
The pace of crumbling defenses will only increase with use of drones more than armor/mech infantry.
How does moving 87 of our tanks to a preposition warehouse in Poland “stabilize” any “frontlines”?