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[–] andxz@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Russia is bombing no less indiscriminately than Israel, it's just a much larger theater of war, their aiming capabilities suck and their shit gets shot down a lot before ever reaching anything.

They do the exact same thing day in day out. Taking out a cluster of civilians is probably worth an extra ration of vodka or even worse, a promotion, at this point.

Two wars of terror, if you want. Irony is stone cold dead at this point.

[–] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] andxz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Do you really need citations over russian war crimes in Ukraine?

Okay.

Wikipedia has a nice summary, feel free to browse the sources yourself.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

..and just because I'm nice, here's a little something about the booze, which really was just me joking a bit, but sadly there's some truth there too. From The Hill:

"..The British Ministry of Defense identified heavy drinking as “particularly detrimental to combat effectiveness” of Russian troops, significantly contributing to the high death rates.

The use of non-alcoholic drugs by combatants, such as opium, heroin, cannabis and amphetamine, has historically been equally widespread, and the Russian military today is no exception."

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4088951-russia-is-losing-in-ukraine-because-of-its-army-of-addicts/