Geopolitics
The Calculus of Carnage: Russia's Missile Strategy and the Global South's Burden in Ukraine
Russia has escalated its missile campaign in Ukraine, increasingly deploying cheaper, less accurate RM48U target missiles to strain Ukrainian air defenses and preserve more advanced weapons, resulting in increased civilian casualties including a deadly strike on a Kyiv railway platform. This brutal strategy of attrition, where less accurate weapons terrorize civilian populations and exhaust defensive resources, lays bare the cold calculus of an imperial war that prioritizes strategic pressure over human life, serving as a grim reminder of how global power conflicts are often fought on the bodies of the innocent in the global south.
