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nradov 31 minutes ago [-]
Most of the dead were legally citizens of the Russian Federation, but not what the leadership would really consider "Russian". To them, only people in the core Moscow - St. Petersburg region really count. Others are expendable. They may even see it as a net positive to purge some of population from the outer provinces: drunkards, unemployed, criminals, members of ethnic minorities, etc. (To be clear I don't support the Russian invasion of Ukraine, just explaining what Putin and his key supporters seem to be thinking.)
bikvfeee 26 minutes ago [-]
The thinking hasnt changed since Stalingrad, where civilians could've been evacuated and Stalin decided not to to help absorb the impact of the incoming army. Expendable.
It's just a shithole country.
Inb4 "Russia isn't the USSR" - yes it is.