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[–] paddirn 16 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] brianorca 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ukraine doesn't want to target Moscow. They are not like Russia, they go after actual military targets, not civilians. They have been using their homebuilt drones for long enough inside Russia to show their priorities.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

The Kremlin is in Moscow. Is it not a military target?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

It has a high symbolic value but it’s not very valuable as a military target. Better to wipe out a bunch of fuel trucks and tanks and soldiers than a handful of bureaucrats in a stationary palace.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Seeing it burn would send a message of much higher value

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The main benefit it would provide would be a morale boost. It wouldn’t bring Ukraine any closer to removing the Russian occupiers or slowing their attacks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Flooding the one specific bunker on the other hand... Not an easy task, but I feel that's how it would end.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Seems like a military target to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't meet the restrictions described.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago

Sorry, these new US weapons take some getting used to. We'll definitely get it right next time. Promise