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This attack is designti create confusion between Russian Bottoms and tops
There must have been a children's hospital of strategic importance that needed bombing, or perhaps a tactically critical old folks home. >

Please explain to me: Putin wants to annex Ukraine. WHY does he destroy the country he wants to own? He needs to rebuild everything afterwards. >

My guess
At this point he probably figured out he’s not taking all of Ukraine. So he’s he gonna fuck it up as much as possible. Cause if he can’t have it no one can type of thinking >

Correct, then if they're pushed out they can claim the 'special operation' was intended to so severely damage a regional 'enemy' that they would be unable to threaten Russia which graciously pulled out its troops following the """successful"""" conclusion of military operations.