Appreciate your perspective on this, but I think there are other dimensions to Russian strikes against Kiev civilians that should be considered:
- Forcing the UAF to devote missile defense to the capital instead of operational forces
- A “warning” of sorts to the west – “this is the way we fight, if you join the conflict directly expect the same treatment”. This is part of the political dimension which you covered.
- I think the strikes on apt buildings and power plants also demonstrates a severe lack of good ISR for the Russians. Perhaps they cannot find good military targets, and so they resort to google maps?
Appreciate your perspective on this, but I think there are other dimensions to Russian strikes against Kiev civilians that should be considered:
- Forcing the UAF to devote missile defense to the capital instead of operational forces
- A “warning” of sorts to the west – “this is the way we fight, if you join the conflict directly expect the same treatment”. This is part of the political dimension which you covered.
- I think the strikes on apt buildings and power plants also demonstrates a severe lack of good ISR for the Russians. Perhaps they cannot find good military targets, and so they resort to google maps?