Russia unleashed air strikes on Ukrainian civilians to deceive

Russia unleashed air strikes on Ukrainian civilians to deceive

The third grader Stanislav Martnyuk literally beams with pride in his school photo. With folded hands on his desk and glasses, which makes him look like a serious and adorable 8-year-old scholar, this picture of Stanislav-together with similar pictures of his sister Tamara (12) and his brother Roman (17)-was exhibited at an improvised memorial at her school in Korostyshiv. These pictures were also shared on social media after the three siblings died tragically when a Russian air raid hit their home.

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The siblings belong to at least 14 civilians who are in a new wave of Moscow escalating " Air strikes died in Ukrainian cities. Analysts assess this brutal campaign as part of a targeted strategy in Russia, which aims to give the impression that Russia has the upper hand in conflict to undermine Ukraine's morals and increase the pressure on Kiev western allies.

The intensification of air strikes

Russia began last autumn with the Intensification to Ukraine, after Ukraine it had successfully expanded the domestic production of its own variant of the Iranian Shahed drones. But the frequency and extent of these attacks increased again in January with the return of US President Donald Trump. All five of the biggest drone attacks in Russia have taken place since then, four of them in the last ten days according to a count compiled by CNN.

Trump's reaction and the location on the front

Trump expressed the desire to end the war in Ukraine and announced that he would end the conflict within 24 hours of his inauguration. Despite these promises, Trump seems to be increasingly impatient towards Moscow and Kyiv. Between the threat of further sanctions against Russia and the hint that he could withdraw from the matter, he has swan back and forth.

After the largest air raid in Russia against Ukraine since the beginning of the war, Trump said on social media, Putin

strategic manipulation and possible solutions

The analysts of the Institute for the Study of War, a US conflict observation center, judge the brutal air campaign in Russia as part of a strategy to give Russia to win the war. The aim is to smash the Ukrainian morality and to convince the West that a Russian victory in Ukraine is inevitable and that support from Ukraine is pointless. Putin is aware that the only way to win the war quickly is that the western allies of Ukraine, especially the United States, give up their support.

The devastating effects of the attacks

The consequences of the Russian attacks are terrifying. In the past month, at least 209 civilians were killed in Ukraine, which is the deadliest month since September 2024, according to the UN human rights observation office in Ukraine. The month was particularly tragic for Ukrainian children - the worst record since June 2022, with 19 killed and 78 injured children. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that the attacks showed again last weekend that Russia's goal was "fear and death".

The parents of the three martynyuk children killed were injured in the attack, the mother was seriously. Roman, the oldest child, was about to graduate, like the school, all three visited. Tamara's teacher, Oleh Hodovaniuk, reported that Monday was a very difficult day for school. "It was the sign of the war everywhere. The school windows were smashed by the pressure waves of the explosions. A memorial place at the entrance to the school was flooded with flowers and plush toys." The news of her death shaken the community to the mark, and many children were so desperate that they could not come to school and take part in the memory.

"Nobody coordinated this, but most of the school wore black," he said. "Tamara was very good and modest, like all children in her family."

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