Thread by @DionisCenusa

#Russia_Ukraine: Russian propaganda talking heads increasingly justify Russia's need to destroy Ukraine's critical infrastructure. Without even understanding what they are talking about, they argue that civilian critical infrastructure cannot be separated from military.⤵️

They show a lack of elementary knowledge about critical infrastructure, which in reality are all the assets that make a country livable for the population and manageable by the government.⤵️

But I guess the Russian propagandists don't care, they want to justify deliberate military attacks on critical infrastructure this fall and winter. I was writing in March that Ukraine should be helped to protect its critical infrastructure. ⤵️

The latter is essential for the functioning of a state (dumbs, aqueducts, power stations, civil infrastructure - schools, universities, railways, factories etc. everything). This will increase the costs of the war to Ukraine both in terms of assets destroyed and economic⤵️

decline beyond the current nearly $1 trillion. The Russians are targeting it now more than ever for several reasons: 1) to slow down the ongoing counteroffensive;⤵️

2) cause a huge wave of refugees (10-20 million people) heading to the EU in the dead of winter; 3) force the EU-Ukraine to capitulate and sign a ceasefire agreement on Russian terms.