Attacking a civilian building known to house reporters and media people from around the world is not within the scope of the laws of war. It is an unjustifiable and cowardly attack on freedom of the press.
The Russian bombing that took place on Saturday night also underlines once again how little regard the Moscow regime has for international law and how dangerous the job is of monitoring the war in Ukraine, and Russia.
A humiliation for Putin
Yes, the war has entered a new phase.
Russia is also part of the battlefield. For almost three weeks, Ukraine’s invasion of the Kursk region has been going on and 1,200 square kilometers have been conquered. A humiliation for Putin.
Perhaps the hotel attack in Kramatorsk can be seen as a desperately malicious response to the fact that Ukraine’s successes have been diligently covered by journalists on the ground?
Perhaps the Kremlin hopes that the attack on the journalists in Kramatorsk will dampen the willingness of the international press corps to continue reporting on the war that has now been going on for over two and a half years.