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context: Time to start parking the fire trucks and equipment at military bases because russia doesn't attack those places. >
  
  "Christmas truce does not apply to civilians, obviously" - Putin, probably. >
  
  Well Christmas is a sensitive subject for putin, he never got that barbie doll he wanted when he was a kid. >
  
  Or the sparkly pink dress, either. He didn't want to grow up to be a despot, he wanted to be... a princess! >
  
  The sheer amount of ordnance Russia is wasting on pointlessly targeting civilian's never ceases to astound me.
  As if strategic bombing has ever won wars before >
  
  It's not pointless... If no one is living in a region why would anyone defend to keep it... Or at least that's the mentally being projected >
  
  
  It's not pointless... If no one is living in a region why would anyone defend to keep it...
  
  (I'm guessing you already know why the Russians doing this is dumb) If you would indulge me though to respond id like to throw my mental hat into the ring on this statement. (Because I've seen some people wondering why defending Bakhmut is important and hopefully they read this.)
  This question is exactly why the Ukrainian's persistently defending (or for the Russians attacking) of Bakhmut seems to confuse a lot of lay people, on the surface: its an unimportant town that currently is mostly emptied of civilians, and has no strategic importance.
  However, it is: a good place to stage or launch assaults on neighboring towns or to setup a logistics spot for further assaults.
  Just because nobody lives there, doesn't also mean the town isn't worth defending. if your ever wondering why a military is diverting attention to an area that has little population or seems unimportant. Try examining the geography in the area or seeing if any other important objectives are nearby usually they will give clues as to why its concerning to a military. >
  
  Schools, hospitals and fire departments. This little dicktator is going to sow bitterness that will last decades after he's dead. You wanted to revive tsarist Russia and you'll probably end up in sending it into the next bankruptcy in the last 35 years, perhaps further balkanization. Legacy as putin the putrid. Dickhead.