"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (16 Viewers)

[GrauGeist]

Video shows bodies on burnt-out Russian trucks in Kursk region as Ukrainian cross-border assaults rage

This:
"Kyiv should fight only a defensive war to avoid provoking a potential Russian escalation"
has been a mindset that fails to understand that Russia has invaded a sovereign nation, specifically targeting civilians and commits atrocities.

And just exactly at what point would Russia be able to escelate, aside from nuclear weapons?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ukrainians have been seeing those sorts of scenes for thirty+ months. I can't give a "like" to grisly footage like that, but I can certainly appreciate the need for Russian civilians to see directly what this war actually means.

I only hope that doesn't include them pulling their own dead children or parents out of their own destroyed flats or schoolyards, not because it wouldn't be salutary -- it might change a mind or two about this war-- but because I hope the Ukrainians would never descend to that level.

 

[Snowman]

View: https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1821972253942395144?s=61

 

[GrauGeist]

So far as I've seen, Ukraine has been diligent about striking legitimate military targets, being humane to their prisoners and conducting themselves as a professional military.

On the otherhand, Russia, who is low on munitions, attacks a Ukrainian shopping center in retaliation, instead of using that weapon to help save Russian troops who are being crucified.