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 (DIR) Post #B2HBf2Q5XodfAmTshc by kravietz@agora.echelon.pl
       2026-01-14T09:53:30.161814Z
       
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       #Russia “Dva Mayora” military channel commented on a case from Rostov-on-Don when a man was killed by downed UAV in his flat:If you shoot down UAVs heading to military targets with dozens of kg of high explosive on their path over towns then yes, they will fall onto residential houses.The Russian side has routinely used this explanation since 2022, but only in relation to Russian drones over #ukraine towns. There’s two famous videos by Russia’s UN representative where he uses two convincing yet completely opposite  arguments when talking of Russian drones over Ukraine (“if you don’t shoot them they won’t kill civilians”) or Ukrainian over Russia (“you’re killing our civilians even if we shot them down”).There’s one more important difference - there are numerous documented cases of Russian drones and rockets striking houses at full throttle, i.e. with functioning engines and controls, and therefore not as a result of being shot down. Or two cruise missiles hitting the same house twice - both of which clearly demonstrate it was not a case of misguided or failed missile but that Russia intentionally targeted a civilian building.Still, it’s quite a new quality to see  Russian military channel that indirectly condemns the practice of shooting down drones over cities by the Russian air defence forces.