Every bombing of Ukraine by Russia is inhumane!

War is never nice. It's never friendly and it's certainly never humane. So it's always a little puzzling when a particular attack by one side or the other is noted particularly for its brutality and inhumanity. Putin's forces launched a blistering attack on Kyiv on Christmas Day which knocked out power for the families trying to enjoy a brief Christmas respite. Zelensky condemned the attack as inhumane, and soon after, Sir Keir Starmer, always ready to slip in a word to include his role as prime minister into the international arena, also condemned the Christmas Day attack as inhumane. Of course it was inhumane, every attack by Russia on Ukraine since February 24 2022 has been a sign of Moscow's inhumanity to the Ukrainian people. OK, people with knowledge of history, will know that on Christmas Day in 1914, during the First World War, the guns stopped firing, and British and German troops climbed out of their trenches to play football with a helmet. But that was never going to happen in Ukraine. Christmas Day for Putin was just another day of war. So, inhumanity? Yes, of course. But that's what war when a dictator is involved is about. It didn't really need either Zelensky or Starmer to tell us.