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They deliberately target civilian buildings and areas to sow terror.

cm2187 4y ago
I am pretty sure they are not deliberately targeting a random samsung R&D center. They may do a deliberate random shelling of civilians but I don’t think this is the work of a precision strike.
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  In this case, they probably deliberately targeted cogeneration power plant that's on the other side of the street across Samsung building: 50.43989630439777, 30.495928103654656
  - soco 4y ago
    And completely missed it?
    - KptMarchewa 4y ago
      That's your famous russian precision missle engineering.
  - dagw 4y ago
    Off topic (but a pet peeve of mine), but why are you describing the location of a building in nanometer precision?
    - KptMarchewa 4y ago
      That's what Google Maps copy by default. It would require me to purposefully delete some of the numbers and decrease precision, and I'm not sure what purpose would it fulfill.
ch4s3 4y ago
Seems insane given the discrediting of this kind of civilian targeting after WWII, where it was clearly demonstrated to increase a population’s willingness to keep fighting.
- ncmncm 4y ago
  Imputing rational behavior might be a mistake in this instance. But more likely, the actually intended target was something nearby, and we hear about Samsung because we (are assumed to) have more interest in Samsung.
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    > ...and we hear about Samsung because we (are assumed to) have more interest in Samsung. Or there's more propaganda/strategic value in portraying Samsung as being deliberately attacked. Samsung seems like it's a kind of "national champion," and maybe an attack against it will be felt somewhat like an attack against South Korea itself. Also they're a supplier of advanced electronics and electronic components, so turning the corporation against Russia would be valuable in disrupting Russian supply chains.
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  But that's what internal russian population demands. As soon as it's clear they are losing on the battlefield and are unable to capture Ukraine, they at least want to destroy it economically.
  - uni_rule 4y ago
    Yeah, you can tell be all the people trying to get the fuck out of there that witnessing this really does fill them with glorious patriotic bloodlust.
    - sidibe 4y ago
      For a fraction of the others yes it does. And that is a loud fraction, which also completely controls the media. Putin had to make the Ukrainians hurt at this point because his minions are whipped into such a fervor from recent defeats

I am pretty sure they are not deliberately targeting a random samsung R&D center. They may do a deliberate random shelling of civilians but I don’t think this is the work of a precision strike.

KptMarchewa 4y ago
In this case, they probably deliberately targeted cogeneration power plant that's on the other side of the street across Samsung building: 50.43989630439777, 30.495928103654656
- soco 4y ago
  And completely missed it?
  - KptMarchewa 4y ago
    That's your famous russian precision missle engineering.
- dagw 4y ago
  Off topic (but a pet peeve of mine), but why are you describing the location of a building in nanometer precision?
  - KptMarchewa 4y ago
    That's what Google Maps copy by default. It would require me to purposefully delete some of the numbers and decrease precision, and I'm not sure what purpose would it fulfill.

ch4s3 4y ago

Seems insane given the discrediting of this kind of civilian targeting after WWII, where it was clearly demonstrated to increase a population’s willingness to keep fighting.

ncmncm 4y ago
Imputing rational behavior might be a mistake in this instance. But more likely, the actually intended target was something nearby, and we hear about Samsung because we (are assumed to) have more interest in Samsung.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > ...and we hear about Samsung because we (are assumed to) have more interest in Samsung. Or there's more propaganda/strategic value in portraying Samsung as being deliberately attacked. Samsung seems like it's a kind of "national champion," and maybe an attack against it will be felt somewhat like an attack against South Korea itself. Also they're a supplier of advanced electronics and electronic components, so turning the corporation against Russia would be valuable in disrupting Russian supply chains.
KptMarchewa 4y ago
But that's what internal russian population demands. As soon as it's clear they are losing on the battlefield and are unable to capture Ukraine, they at least want to destroy it economically.
- uni_rule 4y ago
  Yeah, you can tell be all the people trying to get the fuck out of there that witnessing this really does fill them with glorious patriotic bloodlust.
  - sidibe 4y ago
    For a fraction of the others yes it does. And that is a loud fraction, which also completely controls the media. Putin had to make the Ukrainians hurt at this point because his minions are whipped into such a fervor from recent defeats