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Originally Posted by BYU 14
Eliminating this city entirely definitely serves a big strategic purpose for Russia, and beyond that it is the literal spurned lover syndrome of if I can't have you no one else can by Putin. He now knows he is not winning this war in the traditional sense, so it is just about inflicting as much irreparable damage as possible, so Ukraine will be weak and vulnerable for years to come. Then he can leave and just let the separatist groups there wreak havoc.
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If I lived there, you can bet I wouldn't move back and rebuild from scratch as soon as the war is over. So entire regions will likely become ghost towns, as the cost to rebuild is probably too high.