It’s getting ever more dangerous. While it looks as if they have given up on taking Kiev the Donbas is different. They are determined to take and hold it. With that objective they will be more likely to strike at people rather than infrastructure. It’s a horrible aspect that Putin will value infrastructure more highly than people. What may temper his attacks is that there will be more ethnic Russians in Dombas.
However given the scale of losses he has accepted in the Russian army and navy I think he will go for “victory” at virtually any price. Anyone living in the area is going to be seen as the enemy or expendable.
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