[pinkypanther]

In 1942, a citizen of the southern Soviet Union city of Rostov-on-Don recalled its bombardment, documented in the book Rostov Under the Shadow of the Swastika by Vladislav Vyacheslavovich Smirnov:

“Bombs fell in the region of the city garden into a crowd of people. There were many corpses. They took the bloody jumble away on carts. It was difficult to watch! What was the target of such a bombing? It is  difficult to say. There were not any kind of important war objects nearby. Maybe it was to intimidate people.” 

This insight, generated during the Second World War as Rostov-on-Don was under attack by the German military, has come to mind while reading accounts of the ongoing war in Ukraine. As this citizen learned  first-hand, foreign invaders attempting to capture a city put innocent civilians in particular danger by attacking the buildings where they congregate and go about their lives. 


Today, we’re watching aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities hitting ambulances and medical facilities, university buildings, apartment complexes and civilian evacuation checkpoints. 

More at https://shrtco.de/k1zkqz

[cityhantam]

They are not innocent citizens.

Their government has already distributed guns  for them to fight!

Ukraine Government arms civilians with up to 18,000 weapons