> It isn’t guaranteed his successor would be less of a warmonger. In fact, from what I heard from leaders in Kyiv on a journalism trip I took in 2022, the comm

> It isn’t guaranteed his successor would be less of a warmonger. In fact, from what I heard from leaders in Kyiv on a journalism trip I took in 2022, the common thought is if something happened to Putin his successor would likely be a _larger warmonger_. The guy is _very_ smart, and easily figured out it would be unwise for his personal well being to surround himself with Peace and Western Loving capable lieutenants. Sad for the people of Ukraine, and hope sooner rather than later peace comes for their sake.