• @breadsmasher
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    93 months ago

    russians would be more against the war if their own towns were being blown up

    • @[email protected]
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      223 months ago
      1. They aren’t asking for consent to attack orc huts
      2. Attacks on civilians typically, and counter-intuitively, increase support for a war

      Ukraine is smart and will stick to destroying russia’s ability to wage war, not the people.

    • @[email protected]
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      133 months ago

      let’s not start terror bombing. T the ones responsible and all their wealthy friends sit in Moscow, and they care little for their citizens in the hinterlands

    • @Pilferjinx
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      43 months ago

      Especially if they take out their electric grid. They can’t repair it efficiently.

    • andrew_bidlaw
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      23 months ago

      It causes a little uptick in the defeatist sentiments, but not that big even in Belgorod. Monopoly over media does it’s thing. Since the fall of Wagner, even Kursk hasn’t caused that level of confusion.

    • bluGill
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      -13 months ago

      They would be more in favor actually - they now seem themselves as targeted and so the war is saving them.