What does that tell you? First and foremost that the civilian dead are at least in the tens of thousands hence the mad rush to destroy evidence, read bodies and cover up what in the final analysis can never be fully covered up.
So, the game plan is to quite literally stop at nothing and that means war crimes and crimes against humanity that will rival what the Nazis did.
Putin is now a cornered animal who can't win this war. I know it, you know it and so does The Kremlin.
That means nothing is off the table to try and reverse a losing trend on the battlefield that can't and won't be reversed.
To survive, Putin has to cut off NATO resupply. So look not only at his increased adventures in the east but also the west. The more desperate Russian forces become, the more likely Poland will be attacked and then we're all in for better or worse.
Russian command and control on the ground has to know that the war is already lost and that The Hague is keeping score. That leaves local commanders with a choice: they can defy Moscow in theatre or collectively swing further down the road.
History reminds us of two separate events where mid-level Soviet officers prevented a nuclear exchange with the United States in the 1960s and 1980s.
That should be Putin's biggest fear. Will officers and men ultimately turn on him? Laughing it off are you? Well maybe, just maybe, you should ask the Tsar.
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