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Experts: Russia carries out air strikes on Ukrainian civilians
Russia targets air strikes on Ukrainian civilians to underpin his claim to victory. Experts warn of targeted demoralization and pressure on the western allies.
Experts: Russia carries out air strikes on Ukrainian civilians
The third grader Stanislav Martnyuk proudly looks at his school photo. With folded hands on the table and glasses frame, it looks like a serious and endearing student. This picture of Stanislav, together with similar photos of his sister Tamara (12) and his brother Roman (17), was exhibited at a provisional monument at their school in Korostyshiv and divided into social networks after the three siblings were killed by a Russian attack on their home last weekend.
victim of a brutal conflict
The siblings belonged to at least 14 civilians who were at the weekend at the latest wave of Air strikes Moscow were killed in Ukrainian cities. Analysts agree that this brutal campaign is part of a targeted strategy in Russia that aims to give the impression that it has the upper hand in conflict to undermine Ukraine's morals and to increase the pressure on Kiev western allies.
Russian air strikes intensified
Trump's ambivalent attitude
Trump has set itself the goal of ending the war in Ukraine. During the election campaign, he said that he would end the conflict within 24 hours after taking office. Despite this promise, Trump seems to be increasingly impatient with Moscow and Kyiv. He switched between threats to punish Russia with further sanctions, should it not agree on a ceasefire, and the hint that he could completely ignore the topic. At the weekend, after the largest air raid on Russia on Ukraine since the beginning of the war, Trump said on social media that Putin
Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based conflict observer, emphasize that the brutal air campaign in Russia is part of his strategy to give the impression that it gives war to weaken the morals of Ukraine and to convince the West that a Russian victory is inevitable and the support of Ukraine is pointless. Putin knows that the only way to win the war in Ukraine soon is that the western allies of Ukraine, especially the United States, hire support for Kiev. The illusion of a victory
attacks on civilians
According to the UN human rights observation mission, at least 209 civilians were killed in the past month, which marked the deadliest month since September 2024. The month was particularly tragic for Ukrainian children - the worst losses since June 2022. In addition to 19 murdered children, 78 were injured. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said at the weekend that the attacks show once again that Russia's goal is "fear and death". The parents of the three murdered children Martynyuk were injured in the attack, the mother seriously.
grief for the Martynyuk siblings
The school that attended all three children announced that Roman was about to graduate. Tamara's teacher, Oleh Hodovaniuk, reported that Monday was a very difficult day for school. The signs of the war were visible everywhere: the school windows were broken by the pressure waves of the explosions. The memorial point at the entrance to the school was flooded with flowers and plush plays.
Hodovaniuk added that the news shook the community to the mark and some children were so disturbed that they could not come to school to take part in the memorial. "Nobody had coordinated that, but most students came in black," he reported. "Tamara was very good and modest, like all children in her family."