• Justice
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    1 year ago

    It’s not the kind of attack. It’s the fact that they did it at all. Maybe they’re trying to draw attention back to Ukraine and cause a reaction from Russia that “justifies” further aid.

    • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      I’m not defending Ukraine, far from it, but Russia is importing military supplies from China, mostly across a relatively small number of rail lines. Interrupting that flow of goods is for them, a worthwhile endeavour even without any propaganda outcome, the same as disabling railways between Ukraine and Poland would be for Russia.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t disagree. In a hypothetical long list of targets for Ukraine to strike, this is probably one of the “best” ones since it’s clearly a valid military target against a nation currently invading them (agree or disagree on justification, it’s an event that is happening).

        It just also feels like a possible escalation when (naively, apparently) I thought, or last I saw, Ukraine and Russia were starting on some sort of peace agreement. Admittedly, I haven’t read up much on Ukraine in a couple months. I hope they are still working on an agreement and this doesn’t ruin anything.