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They did not target power plants at the outset. As you say, later they escalated and started targeting substations (which are easier to repair). This year they have escalated even further and are targeting main power plants. How do you account for this?

Contrast with Iraq where power plants (probably the most critical of civilian infrastructure) were targeted immediately.

> The definition of genocide I am using is the one provided by the UN.

Unfortunately the "whole or in part" definition is so vague that it can be interpreted to encompasses pretty much every conflict. You cannot apply the same standard and say that Ukraine is a genocide and Iraq was not.




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