The Moscow invasion of Kiev on Thursday entered its eighth day. However, the Kremlin has not yet made clear its position on Ukraine. The international media has already begun to speculate on who could be the next president of Ukraine.
The war-torn Ukraine has made it clear that it will not engage in a direct confrontation with Russia, despite assurances from various NATO nations, including the United States, that it would provide them with weapons and equipment.
Besides, many countries have backed down, thinking that Russia would get angry if it provided direct help. In this situation, the current president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky himself has put on military equipment. Ordinary people took to the streets with guns. But the whole world is still in a dilemma as to "whether" there will be a final defense or not.
Tensions are running high over who will take over Ukraine's responsibilities on behalf of Russia if Kiev falls in the face of Russian attacks.
However, after the fall of Kiev, Viktor Yanukovych is the first person to emerge as the President of Ukraine.
Yanukovych was born on July 9, 1950, in the city of Yaakov, Ukraine, in the undivided Soviet Union. His mother was a nurse and his father was a train driver. Yanukovych, who lost his mother at the age of two, spent his childhood in extreme poverty.
Yanukovych was sentenced to three years in prison for robbery in 1986 and two years for fighting in 1980.
However, he later described the incident as a mistake made during adolescence.
In 1981, Yanukovych married Lyudmila Nastenko, the niece of a Yankee city court judge. After that, he was admitted to Donetsk Polytechnic College in 1974 to study. While studying, he also got a job.
Yanukovych joined active politics in 1997 after making great strides in the workplace. He was appointed prime minister in 2002 by then-Ukrainian President Leonid Kusama
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He held that position until 2005. He was re-elected Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2008.
Then, in 2010, he joined the fight for the country's presidential election and was elected president.
Yanukovych was President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He was ousted by President Viktor Yushchenko in 2010.
But in 2014, a political upheaval took place in the face of the Maiden Revolution in Ukrainian politics. Yanukovych fled Ukraine and Russia.
Mass protests erupted over the signing of political and trade agreements with the European Union.
When Yanukovych flatly refused to sign the agreement, protesters took to the streets of Kiev with guns and weapons.
In the face of continuous mass movement since 2013, the government collapsed. Yanukovych fled.
After fleeing Ukraine, Yanukovych was placed in voluntary exile under Putin's umbrella. He is also known as Putin's confidante.
Although the Kremlin's views on Kiev are not clear, international political experts say Putin is planning to oust the current Zelensky government.
Some political circles have suggested that removing Yelnukovich from the throne of Ukraine would put Putin in control of Ukraine.
However, there is a question in that case. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. No one can say for sure how long the Ukrainians will accept Russia's onslaught.
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