Are you suggesting someone starts WW3 by shooting Putin down? Because that’s what would happen.
Would it though? If you cut the head off the snake, will (can?) the body keep following its orders?
These people have put so little thought into it, or are just so breathtakingly racist, that they apparently can't concieve of a Russian person creating something called "a contingency plan". There's unearned confidence, and then there's calling Dunning and Krueger stupid hack fucks to their faces before reenacting the dril motorcycle tweet with nuclear fallout.
Also, snakes are notorious for still being able to bite after decapitation