Military: if they go all out, Russia wins, the fact they haven't shows a lot of restraint.
One wonders why that is. I don't believe it's "concern for civilians" as anything but show (i.e., hope that Ukrainians will flock to the Russian side). But I wonder if it could simply be incompetence and military malpractice.
There's some suggestion that the military wasn't up to the high standards we believed initially but then again they also wanted a lot of infrastructure intact than have to rebuild it after so that could've been a factor .
Allegedly, they didn't even bomb military barracks full of soldiers, in the hope that these soldiers would go over to the Russian side. Some also claimed that it was because mass casualties would not be acceptable to public opinion in Russia - the attack itself was a shock to many who regarded Little Russians as a brother people.
Or that could just be simple cover for incompetence, which I consider most likely.
One wonders why that is. I don't believe it's "concern for civilians" as anything but show (i.e., hope that Ukrainians will flock to the Russian side). But I wonder if it could simply be incompetence and military malpractice.
There's some suggestion that the military wasn't up to the high standards we believed initially but then again they also wanted a lot of infrastructure intact than have to rebuild it after so that could've been a factor .
Allegedly, they didn't even bomb military barracks full of soldiers, in the hope that these soldiers would go over to the Russian side. Some also claimed that it was because mass casualties would not be acceptable to public opinion in Russia - the attack itself was a shock to many who regarded Little Russians as a brother people.
Or that could just be simple cover for incompetence, which I consider most likely.