Comments on: Ukraine attacks Russia directly https://habitablezone.com/2022/10/14/ukraine-attacks-russia-directly/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:51:21 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/10/14/ukraine-attacks-russia-directly/#comment-51146 ER Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:31:10 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=97697#comment-51146 Even if this action is of limited effectiveness or utility and has only a minor effect on the Russian war effort, it will still force Russia to devote resources to defending assets east of the border. These resources will not be available to continue Russian aggression in Ukraine. It also will alert Russian citizens that there is a real war going on, and that their opponents can sting. It will let the average Russian know this is not just a 'police action' against a few rogue Nazis supported by the West. Once Ivan realizes Putin is putting military targets in his town, and that the other side is taking them out, the true character of the conflict will be impossible to obscure. Even if this action is of limited effectiveness or utility and has only a minor effect on the Russian war effort, it will still force Russia to devote resources to defending assets east of the border. These resources will not be available to continue Russian aggression in Ukraine.

It also will alert Russian citizens that there is a real war going on, and that their opponents can sting. It will let the average Russian know this is not just a ‘police action’ against a few rogue Nazis supported by the West. Once Ivan realizes Putin is putting military targets in his town, and that the other side is taking them out, the true character of the conflict will be impossible to obscure.

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