Would make it more interesting to watch
A flypast of drones trailing blue and yellow smoke would be an impressive watch. Even more so if they hit something symbolic afterwards.
Destroying culturally significant buildings without military goal is both harmful to the war effort and a extremely severe war crime.
Destroying the cultural heritage such as ancient temples and churches is generally frowned upon, to put it lightly.
There are enough highly symbolic installations with military purpose in a capital like Moscow. The ministry of “defence” does have an address, so does military high command, or several intelligence services. All of them are sufficiently military targets to make hitting them no war crime at all. The parade itself consists of military, and therefore is a military target all in itself. Whether or not hitting it is a war crime, solely depends on whether the number of bystanders affected by an attack is in any way proportionate to the military effect. Air defence systems on the grounds of the Kremlin (there surely are some) are purely military targets, too.
That is factually incorrect. Eradication of cultural identity is a war crime/genocide.
Striking the ministry of defense is not a symbolic target per SE. But decapitation of high command may not be desirable. But it may. Generally strikes against heads of state are highly frowned upon.
A symbolic target is usually not a military target. You appear to mean a high profile military target. Which is decidedly not a symbolic target.
Well hitting the ministry of defense is a military target, regardless of the location. Else everyone would put their military assets into cultural buildings and get shielded for free.
But yes, purely simbolico/cultural target should be off the list
Yes.
Someone’s feeling scared…
I think the most impactful thing Ukraine could do here is join the parade with some drones. It would embarass the shit out of russians until they could get rid of the drones and would be a psychological win.
Didn’t he also say he is doing a cease fire?
On different days, apparently. I dont get it either.
Putin: “lets have a ceasefire on May 8th-9th”
Zelenskyi: “lets have one May 5th-6th”
Putin continues to bomb Ukraine on May 5th/6th.
Zelenskyi on May 8th: looks like you dont respect our ceasefires too much. Guess it’s only fair if we ruin yours too then, eh? :>
I think Zelensky is proposing to start the ceasefire on May 5th. So basically he’s saying that if Russia can manage not to murder Ukrainians for 3 days he will not bomb Moscow during the parade.
Yeah, thats probably the reasoning.
Everyone loves a parade.
