What happens if Ukraine's Pres. Zelenskyy is killed?

What if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is murdered by a Putin puke? It turns out that Ukrainian leaders, like our so-called leaders, have "continuity of government" should this happen. 

Secretary of State Antony "No h" Blinken told reporters that Ukraine officials have a plan ready in case Zelenskyy is killed, and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is doing his level best to see this happen.

"The Ukrainians have plans in place that I'm not going to talk about or get into any details on to make sure that there is what we would call 'continuity of government' one way or another. And let me leave it at that," Blinken teasingly told CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday.

"The leadership that President Zelensky has shown, the entire government has shown, is remarkable. They’ve been the embodiment of these incredibly brave Ukrainian people," the distinctly below average Secretary of State said.

The Ukrainian constitution states that the chair of parliament succeeds the president if he cannot perform his duties. Unlike the United States, a dead president can not remain in power and must be replaced forthwith by a living person. Currently, Ruslan Stefanchuk serves as chairman of the parliament, known as Rada. 

Blinken’s remarks come after a report surfaced that U.S. officials and allied nations have been discussing the line of presidential succession in case Zelenskyy is killed or captured.

U.S. officials have reportedly urged Ukrainians to have their officials "give 'em a low silhouette against the moon," and if they want to be a duck, they better not be a sitting duck, they should keep moving."

Zelenskyy, whose balls are big enough to be seen on radar, needs to be very careful and clandestine as he has dispelled rumors of leaving but remains in Kyiv.  According to reports, he has already avoided three assassination attempts and hopefully will avoid a fourth and so on.

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Due to the Russian violence in Kyiv, US officials and their allies would like Ukrainian officials get out of Kyiv and establish a base of operations away from the dangers being there imposes. A presidential retreat in the Carpathian Mountains has been discussed as an option, but Ukrainian officials haven't revealed the security and safety measures it contains.

Meanwhile, professional racist Nikole Hannah-Jones is claiming the only reason we care about this war is because it's white-on-white, while the White House works feverishly to come up with a narrative as to how it's all Donald Trump's fault.

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