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Seems very plausible. Though this again poses a question - why is creating a power vacuum something he should care about at all? I mean, at that point he’s packing his shit and running for his life. Whatever the Americans decide to do with him afterwards - shelter him or get rid of him - depends entirely on their decision.
He cares about his western sponsors continuing to fund him. If he bails now and a new government forms, then he becomes a nobody overnight. If he flees at the last moment, then the west will claim that the new government installed by Russia is illegitimate, and Zelensky is the true king of Ukraine.
Seems very plausible. Though this again poses a question - why is creating a power vacuum something he should care about at all? I mean, at that point he’s packing his shit and running for his life. Whatever the Americans decide to do with him afterwards - shelter him or get rid of him - depends entirely on their decision.
He cares about his western sponsors continuing to fund him. If he bails now and a new government forms, then he becomes a nobody overnight. If he flees at the last moment, then the west will claim that the new government installed by Russia is illegitimate, and Zelensky is the true king of Ukraine.