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by pydry 1348 days ago
>Meanwhile, Russia retaliates by hitting residential buildings with rockets. I am eager to hear what you think of that.

I think they share your willingness to enthusiastically excuse collateral murder in pursuit of military advantage.

Enthusiastic supporters on both sides of this war are strikingly similar.
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neoromantique 1348 days ago
Attack on one of the largest supply routes during the least crowded time to minimize potential victims vs shelling an apartment building far away from the front lines in the middle of night.

One is just not like the other, no matter how you spin it.

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pydry 1348 days ago
Apartments, schools and hospitals are all being used as military bases:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/08/ukraine-ukrai...

They are more alike than not, no matter how you try to spin it.

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neoromantique 1348 days ago
This amnesty report is very biased and undermines whole organisations credibility. And no, Russia is currently bombing apartment buildings with no military targets in sight, with the sole goal of terrorising the population, just an hour ago they did it again.
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mickotron 1347 days ago
Ukraine has not taken credit for the bridge attack. We still don’t fully know who did it. It could have been Russia for all we know. They have shown a much greater willingness to indiscriminately kill civilians throughout this conflict, which they started .

Tell me of a single major conflict that didn’t involve civilian casualties. I will wait. It is terrible, but unavoidable, especially given the circumstances that Russia has created in Ukraine, unprovoked.

There are major differences between the participants with regards to intent. Intent of their actions. Russian soldiers have raped, tortured and executed civilians. There have been mass graves found in the liberated territories.

I don’t see how you can equate these with the destruction of a bridge that is vitally important to Russia’s control and supply of Crimea and southern Ukraine. The intent would be to deprive Russia of re-supply and access. The intention of mass killings, torture and rape, is to kill and torture people. There is no legitimate strategic objective for these actions.

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