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That's what I was thinking the other day. It was a weak, stupid thing to do. It shows how worried Putin is about his domestic audience. Similar motive to his laughable success story about catching the bridge bombers. I don't think our press reported the missile strikes very well. They went 100% with the civilian tragedy angle, war crimes, etc. Whereas the main story should have been the strategic angle, that it was actually a defeat for Putin. It shows he's lost control. There are lots of parallels with the awful things the Nazis resorted to when they were losing.
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As awful as it is to say, the more Russians waste what little munitions they have on poor Ukrainian civilians and not at the Ukrainian army - the better for the Ukrainian war effort. It is a strategically dumb (and desperate) thing to do.