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Russian attack on Zelensky’s home city kills 19 people, including 9 children, one of the deadliest attacks this year (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Killing a bunch of innocent families in his home city will have zero effect on Putin and only make their citizens more likely to keep supporting his invasion.

I understand this reaction, but please let's not use the lives of innocents as chess pieces if it can be avoided.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Great point and you’re absolutely right. I retract my implication.