REVENGE OR REVIVAL? Before an explosion rocked the Kerch Bridge between Russia and Crimea on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had already ordered punishing airstrikes against civilian infrastructure to rally support for his flagging war effort among disillusioned Russians.
On the same day the bridge was hit, Putin appointed a new overall commander of his army in Ukraine, Gen. Sergey Surovikin, notorious for his brutal tactics in Syria, which included targeting civilians, including hospitals.
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