I joined Dublin NewsTalk’s The Pat Kenny Show on Tuesday morning to evaluate Ukraine’s assassination of Russia’s Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov (pictured), the effect on Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin, and the possible response of Kyiv’s partners.

The 18-minute discusssion took place about two hours after a Ukrainian official acknowledged the State security service’s attack on Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s radioactive, chemical, and biological protection forces.

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I explain Ukraine’s motives in targeting the general. I consider the situation of Putin, on the defensive over slow progress in his invasion of Ukraine and the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, whom Moscow propped up for almost 14 years. And I anticipate the next military and political maneuvers over Russia’s 33 1/2-month invasion.