After scam expose, Kyiv elite flee Ukraine abandoning Zelensky amid Russia advance, deal stalemate?

Russia has claimed that panic is spreading within Ukraine’s political and diplomatic elite as Moscow presses forward on multiple фронts, alleging that senior officials, business leaders, and diplomats are quietly preparing exit plans abroad. According to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, families and financial assets have already been moved overseas, while Ukrainian embassies in Europe are reportedly seeing a surge in residence permit requests. Moscow further claims that a majority of Ukrainian diplomats posted abroad do not intend to return to Kyiv, citing stalled peace talks, divisions among Western backers, and fears of declining U.S. support for President Volodymyr Zelensky.