Russia has already demonstrated the ability to pierce Ukraine's air defense umbrella not even a kilometer from where Zelensky was. There's no need to do the dirty work of an assassination when Zelensky willingly goes to the front line every few weeks.
Russia has more than enough munitions for local air superiority, even if they can't maintain that across the front line.
UK eyes Chinese drone parts for Ukraine
American drones are glitching and getting lost in Ukraine, giving way to a flood of Chinese drones
Ukraine continues to snap up Chinese DJI drones for its defense
And the Russian assessment would be that China is providing much of what's keeping Ukraine's defense alive.
Incident occurred thousands of kilometers from the Australian mainland in the Yellow Sea. It's important to note here that the entire Yellow Sea falls under either China, South Korea, or North Korea's EEZ, although most of it falls under no country's ADIZ because of how the countries bordering the Yellow Sea have negotiated airspace rules.
Australia is getting their panties in a twist. They're fucking flares, a standard component of intercepts when veering near sovereign airspace.
US F-22s intercept Russian fighter jets, fire warning flares
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap5_section_6.html
Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies
Story from 2015. If you include the tax rebate incentives (which are included in BYD's reporting, but which function differently in China because China lacks direct income tax for most people due to accounting costs... It's an open secret that the Chinese government doesn't care about personal tax income much), Tesla's numbers skyrocket:
Tesla to get US$41 billion in government subsidies over made-in-US EVs and batteries
If you want to argue that the $7500 EV purchase incentive is not a direct subsidy because it has no specific cash value (since it's dependent on the person's tax burden)... Be my guest, but that's a laughable position.
Israel's military is so dependent on the US that integrating Chinese weapons would be more hassle than it's worth.
Fine, then just tell me about what subsidies Tesla has received. I'll wait.
The UN panel to monitor sanctions on North Korea ended in April. Australia has no mandate to monitor North Korea at this time.
The Yellow Sea is also not a body of water for which "innocent passage" is typically needed. It's a dead end body of water.
Moreover, if Australia was on UN business, there's an expectation that they should report their business to Chinese authorities to avoid this exact type of incident.