Russia is engaging in medieval style siege tactics around Mariupol and other cities, trying to pulverise the places into surrendering. If they want to control Ukraine, taking it over via massive bloodshed is not going to work very well. You'll have a lot of deep resentment against an occupying force as countless examples demonstrate throughout history.
Putin might be thinking that he can make Ukraine surrender if the civilian death toll is that bad, but currently they show no sign of doing that. It's also a rare thing to have happen. Russia had to wreck Grozny and Aleppo.
We could still have a lot more bloodshed to come, sadly.
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