The Escalation of Terror

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The recent and unprecedentedly massive wave of attacks by the Russian Federation on Kyiv, the surrounding region, and other areas of Ukraine marks one of the most severe escalations in the course of this war to date. From a military-strategic perspective, it must be noted that Moscow deployed nearly its entire available weapons arsenal for this attack, including the "Oreshnik" missile complex, which struck Bila Tserkva, dozens of ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles of the Kalibr, Kinzhal, and Zircon types, accompanied by massive swarms of Russian drones.

Contrary to the repeated claims of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his officials, this massive deployment of weapons was not directed against military infrastructure or so-called political "decision-making centers". Instead, the bombardment deliberately targeted civilian objects such as residential neighborhoods, shopping malls, and subway stations. Although Putin attempted to justify this bombing terror as a direct retaliation for a Ukrainian strike on Starobilsk, such large-scale air raids require a long preparation time. Consequently, the Ukrainian attack served the Kremlin merely as a welcome pretext for an already planned act of naked intimidation.

This deliberate terror against civilians is a direct expression of profound military and strategic impotence. Since the Russian army is failing to achieve new strategic successes or bring further territories under its control on the actual battlefield, such as in the Donbas, Moscow is attempting to compensate for this glaring failure through the blind destruction of civilian life. The primary goal is to force the Ukrainian population into capitulation through psychological terror. Moreover, the Russian army is increasingly being recruited from criminals and mercenaries who murder, loot, and rape for Russian rubles, which ruthlessly reveals the actual raison d'être of today's Russian statehood.

Furthermore, this barbaric act serves as an unmistakable geopolitical threat to European states, aiming to suggest that Russia supposedly still possesses the capacities to continue its destructive work.

This strategic diagnosis yields a compelling consequence for the Ukrainian approach. The only adequate response to a state that has repeatedly waged wars against women and children throughout its history and relies on pure terror is the complete and systematic destruction of its operational and economic resources. To symbolically "knock out the teeth" of this imperial dragon, the Ukrainian armed forces must uncompromisingly continue their far-reaching strikes against the Russian armaments industry, oil refineries, oil ports, and the occupation troops themselves. Only through this physical and economic disempowerment can Russian state terrorism finally be stopped.