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>So it's tragically possible that Ukraine could end up worse than Tokyo by the time hostilities finally cease.

I seriously doubt that.

>Although Russian strategy already seems to target any part of Kiev that can be hit, civilian or not.

Not really, but one can get that impression from reading the NY Times and the likes.

Here is a good example of the Western atrocity propaganda: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/world/europe/russia-ukrai...

See the big picture at the top? Clearly it's some kind of mall damaged by senseless and cruel Russian strike that cannot have any other purpose but to terrorize population of Kharkiv into submission.

Next look at the first video here: https://t.me/ASupersharij/28133

The place should look familiar, only now you can see destroyed MLRS vehicle (there were two, but the second one got evaporated: https://t.me/aleksandr_skif/3150)

>Isn't there some possibility that this tendency has been retained evolutionarily or culturally to some extent today

Sure, but there is an opposite tendency too and it's not going anywhere barring catastrophic changes like famine due to global warming.



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