Putin is weaponizing Ukrainian civilians

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Russian President Vladimir Putin rang in the New Year in Ukraine by “launching nearly 100 Shahed loitering munitions against cities across the country.” His targets? Ukrainian civilians — men, women and children. As Putin’s counteroffensives stall in Avdiivka, Kupiansk and elsewhere in the Donbas, the Kremlin has sought to achieve a military advantage for its beleaguered forces by putting Ukrainian noncombatants in the crosshairs of its Iranian supplied Shaded drones, Kinzhal missiles and Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers. On the surface, Putin’s targeting of apartment blocks, schools and hospitals has no substantive military value. These are also war crimes and clear...