Ukraine's bold assassination operation... "Desperate to turn the tide before Trump's inauguration"

As Ukraine has been blamed for the death of a senior Russian military official in Moscow in an explosion, analysts say Ukraine's assassination operation is getting bolder ahead of the return of U.S. President-elect Trump.

The Ukrainian government has not yet made an official comment on the death of the Russian fire and discharge defense commander, but major foreign media outlets have reported that the attack is a special operation by the SBU, citing sources inside the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

Once a high-ranking Russian military official was assassinated in the middle of the capital, it is said that the external image of Russia's security capabilities has been hit hard.

CNN, at the same time, interpreted that Ukraine's urgent determination to turn the tide before Trump's inauguration has been revealed at a time when the country is struggling on the main eastern front.

He also said there have been four assassinations in the past two months, including this one by a Russian military official believed to be linked to Ukraine.

In October, a pilot from Russia's 52nd Bombardment Regiment was killed in the Bryansk region, and in the middle of last month, an explosive device installed in a vehicle exploded in Sevastopol, Crimea, killing the chief of staff of Russia's Black Sea missile fleet.

Five days ago, Mikhail Shatsky, a scientist in charge of modernizing Russian missiles, was shot dead in a Moscow park.

Western media pointed out that the series of events is proof that Ukrainian spies are very deeply infiltrated by Russia.

CNN pointed out that the sophistication and boldness of the assassination in downtown Moscow, Russia's heartland, could cause considerable turbulence in public opinion within Russia.

The BBC also said the sophistication of the operation was remarkable and that planting explosives on scooters commonly left unattended on the streets of Moscow was a smart strategy.

According to sources inside Ukraine, the explosives hidden in the scooter exploded via remote control at the exact time the target was passing by, the BBC said, estimating that the person who detonated them might have been monitoring the scene in real time, either by the camera or nearby.