History shows Putin’s month of ‘missile madness’ will backfire and strengthen Ukraine’s resolve ianbirrell for ipaperviews:
Ian Birrell: ‘The despot has proved again that he is neither a good historian nor military strategist.’ has become remorseless. A mother and her nine-year-old daughter were killed rushing to an air raid shelter in Kyiv last week. The corpse of a two-year-old girl was pulled from the ruins of a destroyed home in Podgorne. Two adults died in strikes on a Dnipro building that contained a mental health clinic – the 974th assault on a medical facility, each one a war crime.
The despot has proved again that he is neither a good historian nor military strategist, for all his infatuation with Peter the Great and twisted use of the Great Patriotic War to fuel his propaganda. Certainly, these Russian strikes induce fatigue, fear and mental stress for Ukrainians forced to endure the sirens, broken sleep and panicked sprints to shelters. It is alarming to be woken by the nearby sound of cruise missiles blasting buildings, as I can testify.
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