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[NoOn3]

I think there's no point for Russian forces intentionally target civilians.

[archagon → NoOn3]

There's "no point" in organized war atrocities, and yet they happen anyway.

Which is to say there actually is a point: terror, demotivation, channeling the anger and frustration of your troops into a "soft" target, etc.