367 Replacement Protocol

Still floating above the world, watching the satellites fall, Aron turned to Nova and said, “Activate the replacement protocol.”

{Are you sure, sir?}

“Yes. It’s time for Vladimir to be put into place.”

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Somewhere in Ukraine, near the Russian border.

Vladimir had been operating as part of the forward forces, clearing the way for Russia’s troops to march on Kyiv. His orders from Russia were clear: sabotage whatever needed to be sabotaged and assassinate whoever needed to be killed to ensure that the Russian troops would have an easy time in their “special military operation.”