Russia launched a massive missile attack on multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Slovyansk, and Kramatorsk, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure.
Video confirmation that it was intentional
Kh-101 cruise missile debris
Video footage of the missile hitting "Okhmadit" clearly shows that it was the Kh-101 cruise missile.
The characteristic wings on the body and the rounded shape of the nose indicate that it was the Kh-101 strategic missile, which completely refutes the propagandists' versions of the alleged fall of an air defense missile fired from the Patriot air defense system on the hospital.
Also, the trajectory on which the Kh-101 flies clearly demonstrates that the missile is purposefully going to the target, which was a children's hospital.
It was only a matter of time before Putin caused mass child casualties. I'm only surprised it's taken this long.
Unfortunately, I doubt it will make any of his current allies think twice about their support. Most of them wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing in his position.
The Russian reliance on terror tactics makes me wonder what lessons they took away from WW2. This is clearly part of a pattern; a military doctrine, that had already been applied during the fighting in Syria, if not earlier.
The day that a nation (or organisation - ie. NATO) on equal footing with the Russian Federation stands up to them, and metaphorically punches them in the nose; is the day that Russia rethinks its military strategy. Until then, the cost to them are just some stern words.
Fascists don't play by the rules. They just remind you if someone else doesn't follows it all the time, even if they broke it to a lesser degree. One of the main reason why I'm now extremely skeptical of callouts, and extensive research on both the target and the people doing the callout (sometimes they're just fascists doing some quite bad impression of the left, to incite infighting).
Absolute insanity. When I'm seeing these things around the world and now in Ukraine I'm always trying to see a logical explanation, some twisted cynical reasoning for why you bomb these vulnerable civilian targets, and I can't find anything. It's just cruelty. Ukrainians aren't going to surrender because of this, people and nations never have before. It just makes resistance to your war that much more defiant. If you bomb a childrens hospital, it's just because you want to punish people for not letting you win.
The second part that hurts is that this changes so little in the grand scheme. Maybe some guy who was living under a rock who was skeptical changes his mind about this invasion. But the vast majority of Russian internet propagandists, pro-Russia politicians in parliaments in the EU and around the world and people blinded by Putins lies will find some pathetic excuse to deny and deflect. And in a week the next atrocity occurs somewhere
Ukrainians aren’t going to surrender because of this
Never in the history of modern warfare has bombing of civilian targets "broken the will" of the populace like it's intended to do. Every time it strengthens their resolve to fight. If you're trying to conquer somewhere by bombing civilians you'll have to kill all of them for it to be successful.
When they do this it's usually because they're lashing out. Ukraine must've done something in the last week or so that frustrated the Russian forces. I can't think of what it could be.
Seeing shit like this makes me want to see russia fucking nuked and putin hanging from a balcony. A FUCKING KIDS HOSPITAL??? What the fuck is wrong with people.
When the Zionist State destroys a children hospital in Palestine the headliner is: Hospital in Palestine was destroyed and authorities investigate those responsible for the attack
Usually it's more like "HAMAS hideout successfuly destroyed! Slight collateral damage has reduced pediatric care capacity. Israel says sowwy, send more bombs though."