'When Russian forces target apartment buildings, evacuation boats, and food depots, they know exactly what they are doing. Which is to say, they are doing exactly what their comrades have spent years doing in Syria.' -TomRtweets
While Russia's willful targeting of civilians is illegal under the laws of war, it fits within Moscow's expansive consideration of legitimate military action. Russian forces have repeatedly targeted civilians since the start of the war in February 2022. Still, recent days have shown a greater shift toward such activity.
There is, however, a big difference between Ukrainian strikes inside Russia and Russian attacks inside Ukraine. While Ukraine has occasionally taken poorly judged action to target civilians , the overwhelming majority of Ukraine's actions inside Russia have focused on military-enabling infrastructure such as railway lines. In contrast, when Russian forces target apartment buildings, evacuation boats, and food depots, they know exactly what they are doing.
Which is to say, they are doing exactly what their comrades have spent years doing in Syria. Seeking to weaken the morale of rebels opposing Bashar al-Assad's regime, Russian forces in Syria have repeatedly targeted civilian hospitals, humanitarian aid convoys, and civilian shelter points in rebel-controlled areas. They have done so in the belief that the rebels' center of gravity is their family members.
Put another way, Russia can keep killing civilians, but its killing of civilians isn't going to help it win this war.
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