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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The strike killed both parents of a 14-year old girl who is currently in intensive care with a skull injury.[/quote]

Which begs the question. Are there situations where terrorism (and that’s what the bridge attack essentially is) is justified? 
I think Ukraine has been doing extremely well in the PR war so far. Yet this is something that might (or might not?) harm their image of an innocent victim of a brutal attack of a big bad wolf. Or is anything that hurts the bad guy justified?
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This was not terrorism. Russia invaded Ukraine. The Kerch bridge is used by Russia to supply its occupying troops in Crimea. It is very much a legitimate military target. Have you said a word about the thousands of Ukrainian civilians that Russia has deliberately murdered?[/quote]

I thought we already agreed Russia is a bad, bad guy. 
I am more interested in Ukrainian tactic. I have a feeling the world will agree with you. It’s ok to kill civilians if they are from the bad bad country. [/quote]

Nobody (or at least very few) is saying it's okay to kill civilians. I feel terrible for this girl. I feel terrible for all the kids that have been impacted by Putin's ego/idiocy. But this isn't terrorism. The bridge is a legitimate military target that Ukraine should continue to pound. Russia shouldn't be encouraging its citizens to vacation in a war zone. [/quote]

My goal is not to argue or counter what you said; I am just interested in how this is painted to the world and perceived by an average US person. I know now.[/quote]

DP. I saw reported yesterday that the Russian government was encouraging Russians to vacation in Crimea this summer, Putin thinking they would serve as a human shield/deterrent to Ukrainian attacks. [/quote]

Reported by who?
I have relatives and friends in Russia and the general consensus that it’s pretty risky to vacation there now. There is no mass campaign to go there (like there is a campaign to sign up to serve in the army, flyers everywhere). 
The ones who still go are either reckless or they don’t have money for any other vacation and heard they can stay there on the cheap.[/quote]

We are at the Aegean coast in Turkey just now and Russians are at least 50% of all vacation business.  Shopkeepers speak Russian, hotels and resorts are hiring Russian speakers to serve them…nothing has changed here. Tons of them at higher end hotels and villas too.[/quote]

PSA: many of them are actually Ukrainians [/quote]

Lol and many aren’t. [/quote]

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