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So if news report are correct then Mykolaiv was hit by 8 missiles of the S-300 type. Each of those reportedly cost $115m, meaning Putin blew $920m on an an attack that killed just 7 people.
Of course, the most important thing here is the loss of innocent lives –one of them an 11 year old kid– but you can't help but also think how fucking incompetent this was. Apparently Putin fancies himself as a military strategist and reportedly micromanages all the way down. I just imagine this attack must have been the end result of some tortuous meeting with nobody having the guts to challenge their boss on a completely rubbish decision.