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> Russia has no interest in massacring and torturing civilians (if they did, they would have won the war weeks ago) Well, they don't have that as their end goa
by filoleg 5y ago
> Russia has no interest in massacring and torturing civilians (if they did, they would have won the war weeks ago)
Well, they don't have that as their end goal, just as the method of choice for accomplishing their real goal (capturing territories + forcing Ukraine to surrender). Because if they did, you are correct, that wouldn't make sense, since they could've just done it earlier.
Wiping out a country serves no purpose, no benefit, and attracts massive downsides all around. But harming them to the point where they would consider surrendering those territories and capitulating, that makes way more sense.
- est31 5y agoYeah and they absolutely do torture civilians, journalists even, e.g. read this testimony: https://rsf.org/en/news/chilling-account-radio-france-fixer-who-was-kidnapped-and-tortured-russian-soldiers-ukraine https://rsf.org/en/news/chilling-account-radio-france-fixer-...
- orwin 5y agoI think i know of him. Helped one of my friend around 2016 to get himself (and his Kyiv nightclub project) started in Ukraine. 32 yo French interpret checks out. Horrific.