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No, it's not about land, but about people. Russians use casette bombs in cities [1], try to circle and lock cities while continuing to bomb them [2]. Russian pilots know they bomb civil buildings following the orders and continue doing so [3].

Wikipedia defines genocide as:

> Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people, usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group.

We can call it as we want. History will judge. But we know the duck test: if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

1. https://www.reuters.com/world/un-rights-office-has-credible-...

2. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/11/hell-in-ukraines-ma...

3. https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-putin-pilot-shot-civ...




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