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Ukraine don't win that way, and they don't get support from Europe that way.

If Russian lives were valued, they wouldn't have started the conflict, much less continued it they way they do.

So no, for Ukraine I don't see what purpose targeting civilians would bring.

Russia has gone to great lengths to insulate its populace from feeling the effects of the war. For Russians not directly involved in the war, one could hardly tell there even was a war going on. You can see this from interviews with the residents of Sudzha.

Whether or not they value individual lives, putting a hospital out of commission will be something they will need to divert resources to.

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