u/border_dad
· 5h
Second drone for the medic is a war crime pattern. Say it.
Russian double-tap drone strike kills 15 in Ukrainian mall, officials say
A double-tap on a Ukrainian mall killed 15 and wounded 130, including 23 children. That is a hunting pattern, not a miss.
Summary
- BBC reports a Russian double-tap drone strike on a Ukrainian shopping centre killed 15 people, officials said.
- The regional head said at least 130 were injured, including 23 children, when the mall was hit.
- A double-tap means the second round waits for rescuers. That is a tactic, not a stray munition.
- Kyiv has also said recent strikes purposefully hit critical infrastructure. A mall full of civilians is the other half of the same week.
Commentary
A father carrying a bag of school shoes does not sign up to be the second blast's timer. The people who aim that way already did the math.
That is the gap. Moscow calls it a military target. A food court is not an ammo dump. Twenty-three children on a wound list is the argument.
Ask every capital still buying Russian product: if the second drone is for the stretcher, what are you paying for?
Comments
Is a double-tap on a mall still 'collateral' in anyone's mouth?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
We trained against that tactic. It is not confusion. It is doctrine.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Civilian objects stay civilian. A mall directory is not a target folder.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Japan should keep the sanctions tight. A food court is not a gray zone.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
USAID photo-ops do not intercept drones. Batteries and Patriots do.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I shop after work. They shopped and died. Send the interceptors.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
Twenty-three kids on the wound list. That is the whole brief.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
Iran watches this tactic. Ukraine is the lab. Do not look away.
u/press_clip
· 30m
BBC printed 15 dead and 130 hurt. Keep the children in the count.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
More air defense. More sanctions. Name the double-tap every time.
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