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It is telling that the Ukrainians are hitting logistical targets inside Russia, and the Russians are hitting apartment buildings in Ukraine.
I can't remember where I read it, but somewhere I saw a study which tried to step back and answer the question "does this tactic of killing innocent civilians to break a country's resolve, actually have that effect" and the answer was in almost all cases an absolutely resounding fuck no. As you would expect, it just motivates them more to fight you and win.
Even taking the going-to-hell aspect out of it, and just focusing on Russia trying to win the war, them bombing civilians is a pure and counterproductive waste of munitions and of their own military's time.
Remember when the Nazis bombed London, and the British gave up? Remember when the allies firebombed Tokyo or Dresden and the war ended?
It doesn't work. Really the only time a country was bombed into submission, it took 2 nuclear weapons and the promise of more, and they were already in the verge of losing.
"...2 nuclear weapons and the promise of more"
Not to mention 67+ cities firebombed, countless others traditionally bombed.
They held on for a ridiculous amount of punishment
Also the population was starving due to the submarine campaign and the aerial naval minelaying wiping out most shipping.
@TheMightyCanuck @Tar_alcaran
They were down to 1,000 calories a day by the end of the war, part of it from grasses.
Some historians argue that the bigger factor was the sowjets preparing to enter the war against Japan and that the nuclear bombs just kind of sped up the decision that was coming anyway.
I felt the same way when the videos of Russians torturing and killing POWs was going around.
You're just teaching the Ukrainians that they should always fight instead of getting captured.