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Putin was holding back the entire time
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the only rational explanation for his restraint was that he wanted to minimize civilian casualties and damage to critical infrastructure
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this desire to minimize collateral damage makes Putin a better man than all of the Western commanders who indiscriminately carpet bombed their enemies in virtually every major conflict since WW2
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at this point, if Western media are speaking, they’re lying
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everyone on this board who thought the Ukraine was winning this war, or that Russia was somehow outmatched, is a fucking retard
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The reason Russia has been holding back stems back to something you'll recall when the war does started. Remember how western media was painting Putin as the next Hitler who wanted to conquer the world and reform the USSR? That was a hot narrative in the beginning. If Putin went all out, the west would have jumped on the opportunity to go to total war with Russia. By easing off, Russia has made it difficult for the west to go to total war because the people simple don't want that kind of a war. Now Russia can slowly escalate the war as retaliations for things Ukraine/USA does such as bombing the Crimea bridge.
It has nothing to do with being a good person, it's all strategy.