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There are numerous scenes of death and destruction in Ukraine due to ongoing Russian military activity.What people like you don't seem to understand is how Russia actually is waging this war. We have seen so many wars from USA that we are used to the American way of warfare, which is indiscriminate bombing and destruction of military and civilian infrastructure.
The fact that internet, mobile services, water, sewage, electricity etc haven't been targeted yet is proof of that. Usually in a war these are destroyed to disrupt communication, create panic and lower the morale. And if Russia wanted to they could easily have done this but so far they haven't. They are deliberately avoiding to destroy as much civilian infrastructure as possible. Now Russia might resort to that if it prolongs too much but so far they haven't. That's a further indication that the advancement they have made are within their planning or at least that they aren't desperate yet to do such kind of destruction.
Also we haven't seen the Russian airforce much in action. So far they have relied mostly on precision missile strikes. Only now we är seeing more use of the Russian airforce and heavy artillery. And we are on 5th day. Reportedly 150 k are mobilized for Ukraine campaign, out of which 50 000 Russian troops are in Ukraine right now while 100k are at the border still. So the territory under Russian control has been done in five days by roughly 50k troops. But now we are seeing more troops coming in now that big cities have been surrounded and under siege - probably preparing for urban warfare.
We also see that no advancement have been made to west Ukraine. Anybody that knows the geography and history of Ukraine knows that western part is the most anti russian. So what I believe Russia will do is simply ignore west Ukraine. They will focus on East, south and central. They will probably take the entire coast line and cut of Ukraine from the black sea. They will take the eastern and central part because that's where majority ethnic Russian and Russian speaking live. Also western Ukraine helped Hitler in fight against the USSR.
So if peace talk don't happen and they don't agree on something then I think western Ukraine will be left alone as a landlocked country.
Death, Destruction As Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Enters Day Six
The Russian war in Ukraine has entered a sixth day, with reports that the Russian Army had set up checkpoints on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, a huge military convoy was massing outside Kyiv, and claims that Russian forces aim to encircle the port city of Mariupol.
www.rferl.org
What are thermobaric vacuum bombs? Russia accused of using weapon against Ukraine
Russia may be using thermobaric vacuum bombs in a “bunker-busting” role to destroy Ukrainian defensive positions – but the oxygen-fueled devices can also inflict a brutal death on casualties by suc…
nypost.com
In pictures: Destruction and fear as war hits Ukraine
Russian forces have crossed Ukraine's borders, bombing military targets near big cities.
www.bbc.com
In pictures: civilians suffer from Russian invasion of Ukraine
Heartbreaking images from Ukraine as residential areas are targeted by the Russian army
www.euronews.com
In Pictures: Destruction in Ukraine’s Luhansk
More than 500 people have been killed in the contested city, where a shaky ceasefire holds.
www.aljazeera.com
Massive Explosion From Strike On Government Building In Kharkiv Could Be A Preview Of What's To Come (Updated)
Bombarding dense urban areas looks to be a tactic Russia is introducing on a grander scale to its invasion of Ukraine.
www.thedrive.com
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is now in its sixth day and it appears to be taking a very dark turn. After being repulsed on multiple fronts by the Ukrainian Army, the Russian military appears to have moved to attacking highly urban areas with artillery barrages. At the same time, a massive convoy is creeping towards Kyiv from the north in what can only be assumed to be preparations for an all-out assault on the capital. You can get up to speed by checking out our prior rolling coverage of this conflict here.
Just wait for the war to progress further.
Russian way of warfare is absolutely apparent in Syria:
Syria: Russia’s shameful failure to acknowledge civilian killings
Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and caused massive destruction in residential areas, striking homes, a mosque and a busy market, as well as medical facilities, in a pattern of attacks that show evidence of violations of international humanitarian law, said Amnesty...
www.amnesty.org
Russia/Syria: Flurry of Prohibited Weapons Attacks
The Russian-Syrian joint military operation has used internationally banned and other indiscriminate weapons in unlawful attacks on civilians in northwest Syria in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. According to the United Nations, the area is home to three million civilians, at least...
www.hrw.org
Dumb Bombs, Indiscriminate Strikes And Civilian Casualties In Syrian War
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Russia committed war crimes in Syria, finds UN report
The country was also blamed for indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas without ‘a specific military objective’
www.theguardian.com
Russian war excesses in Aleppo (Syria) are well-documented in particular.
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NATO is equipped with much higher quantity of precision munitions than any contemporary force in the world and can show much restraint in its operations.
Below are some of the recordings of situation in Baghdad in the Shock & Awe phase of the war back in 2003:
You can clearly see civilian infrastructure working throughout; you can also see vehicles on the roads.
To be fair, NATO also have history of war excesses in urban environments as witnessed in Fallujah (Iraq) in 2014 and Raqqa (Syria) in 2017 respectively - cities which were under control of militants at the time. But NATO allowed civilians to leave these cities before attacking them in force.
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My point is that both Russia and NATO are NOT CLEAN when it comes to warfare.
Let us be fair in our criticism.