Yeah. These weren’t out-of-control troops committing atrocities, it was under orders.
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That is fucking horrifying. Who are the Nazis again? The higher ups have got to know this increases pressure for more intensive NATO involvement. What the hell is the goal of this shit??
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To show Ukrainians that they should surrender now if they want to stay alive.
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I think it’s showing them exactly the opposite. Considering what will happen to them if they surrender they have no choice but to fight now.
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While my expertise is not as a historian, I think that history would suggest that strategy rarely works out well. More likely to cause folks to fight desperately to the last person because they figure “if I am going to die horribly if captured, might as well take the bastards with me.” Also tends to cause ruthless, brutal attacks in retaliation. Guessing there may be Russian troops surrendering to less than friendly receptions.
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Terror tactics. It’s intended to frighten the civilian populace into submission by making “examples” of others. It usually ends up doing the opposite and hardening the resolve of the opposition, but the kind of sadistic officers who give these orders aren’t students of history.
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And to taunt NATO about its being ineffectual in the face of whatever the fuck Russia decides it wants to do with impunity? Seriously, is Putin trying to bait NATO into a response that gives him cover for fuck knows what sort of deranged escalation he has in mind?
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Fascists ruin everything, even letters of the alphabet.
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And numbers.
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