Since WW2 the red army's doctrine, upon which the Russian military doctrine is based concentrated on destroying the German military. They succeeded in destroying 80% of the Werhmacht at the end of the War. The western allies for most of the war targeted German cities especially rail junctions as, there were located the highest concentrat…
Since WW2 the red army's doctrine, upon which the Russian military doctrine is based concentrated on destroying the German military. They succeeded in destroying 80% of the Werhmacht at the end of the War. The western allies for most of the war targeted German cities especially rail junctions as, there were located the highest concentration of civilians. Even after WW2 the bombings of North Korea, North Vietnam etc. targeted civilian infrastructure culminating in the Iraq war where 90% of the casualties were civilian. The Ukraine conflict may go down in history as one of the lowest civilian to combatant ratio killed in modern history. With that there is little chance of Russia using a nuclear device, well except they are first hit by an alliance whose doctrine is based on creating civilian casualties as a strategy for victory.
Indeed: The Ukraine Conflict, is "special": It is not a war, because as you rightly point out, all wars are waged to destroy the enemy.
President Putin, a lawyer, and most russians did not see the ukrainians as their enemy. A millennial common history, relatives, with roughly 10 million (or more) ethnic russians with their roots in Ukraine logically decided to remain there after the totalitarian, communist Soviet Union collapse...
How would they suspect they were going to be militarily attacked (daily bombardments by the Azov battallions) after they refused to accept the 2014 Maidan Coup d'État, perpetrated by the Ukro-NAZIS, fully supported by the US, NATO, the EU and declare their autonomy.
So Putin gave marching orders to his Armed Forces to mininize civilian casualties and civilian basic infrastructure damages, and OWN soldiers casualties, de facto tying one hsnd in the back of his Armed Forces, hoping for some day reconciliation, therefore Putin rightly named it SMO, Special Military Operation, and War has not so far being declared on Ukraine.
How easy could it be for Russia to unleash its formidable Air Force to wage War on Ukraine US "style": Coward high altitude indiscriminate carpet bombing, day and night, destroying everything and killing anyone on the way... ENDING that War within weeks... With near zero own casualties... How US "style" easy, and "fu.k" what the rest of the world say or think.
You are right: It will go, if it does not worsen, down in History for THAT.
Since WW2 the red army's doctrine, upon which the Russian military doctrine is based concentrated on destroying the German military. They succeeded in destroying 80% of the Werhmacht at the end of the War. The western allies for most of the war targeted German cities especially rail junctions as, there were located the highest concentration of civilians. Even after WW2 the bombings of North Korea, North Vietnam etc. targeted civilian infrastructure culminating in the Iraq war where 90% of the casualties were civilian. The Ukraine conflict may go down in history as one of the lowest civilian to combatant ratio killed in modern history. With that there is little chance of Russia using a nuclear device, well except they are first hit by an alliance whose doctrine is based on creating civilian casualties as a strategy for victory.
Indeed: The Ukraine Conflict, is "special": It is not a war, because as you rightly point out, all wars are waged to destroy the enemy.
President Putin, a lawyer, and most russians did not see the ukrainians as their enemy. A millennial common history, relatives, with roughly 10 million (or more) ethnic russians with their roots in Ukraine logically decided to remain there after the totalitarian, communist Soviet Union collapse...
How would they suspect they were going to be militarily attacked (daily bombardments by the Azov battallions) after they refused to accept the 2014 Maidan Coup d'État, perpetrated by the Ukro-NAZIS, fully supported by the US, NATO, the EU and declare their autonomy.
So Putin gave marching orders to his Armed Forces to mininize civilian casualties and civilian basic infrastructure damages, and OWN soldiers casualties, de facto tying one hsnd in the back of his Armed Forces, hoping for some day reconciliation, therefore Putin rightly named it SMO, Special Military Operation, and War has not so far being declared on Ukraine.
How easy could it be for Russia to unleash its formidable Air Force to wage War on Ukraine US "style": Coward high altitude indiscriminate carpet bombing, day and night, destroying everything and killing anyone on the way... ENDING that War within weeks... With near zero own casualties... How US "style" easy, and "fu.k" what the rest of the world say or think.
You are right: It will go, if it does not worsen, down in History for THAT.
Very Well said, Fernando. Thank You for sharing those thoughts and that history.