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“Who would have declared such a war on us in Moscow?”

After six consecutive days of drone attacks on the Moscow region this week, one would think the shock of sudden late-night explosions might compel some Russians to consider what Ukrainian civilians have endured during 550 days of relentless Russian attacks.

Instead, some residents near the Russian capital have taken to social media to vent about the inconvenience of being woken up in the middle of the night, question why the “international community” isn’t coming to their rescue, and blame Ukrainian “terrorists” for targeting civilian areas. (Never mind that Moscow has repeatedly attacked residential areas in Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed drones.)

No injuries have been reported in the recent string of attacks, and Russian officials claim to have shot down most of the drones that they say caused only “minor damage” to a building in Moscow City and several broken windows elsewhere. Kyiv has not confirmed or denied involvement in the drone strikes.

Russian media widely covered the attacks, airing interviews with residents who showed off their broken windows.

“It was scary to go up to the window,” said one man recounting his shock to wake up and find his window shattered. “This is the first time anything like this has happened to me.”

Separately, he told Deutsche Welle, “At first, there was panic. I thought the building had been hit by a shell.”

“It’s very scary. What if it hits the house next time?” another resident told DW, noting that she has a young child in the home. “Who would have declared such a war on us in Moscow?”

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[-] Teppic@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago

I think we should remember there is a difference between what Russian people think, and what the Russian media is reporting that Russian people think...

[-] xuxebiko@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

Why're we being attacked by the country we're invading and occupying? What have we done to them, excluding rape, barbaric torture, murders, mass murders, mass burials, mass kidnapping of their children, bombing schools, playschools, hospitals, homes, theatres, shelters? Is it because we said they were Nazis? Oh! Woe is us!

[-] Ryan213@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

"Why would Ukraine do this??"

[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks Eric Andre.

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