I know. I followed Aleppo and Mariupol as close as it was possible from afar. Having made some adjustements for the length and dynamics of operations, the measures taken by the advancing party to safeguard the civilians, secure routes of evacuation etc., it's safe to say there is hardly a comparison to be made.
If anything in the last decade comes close, it's Mosul, or the brainless bombardment of Raqqa.
The irony being that Russia has bent over backwards to avoid civilian casualties in Ukraine.
I know. I followed Aleppo and Mariupol as close as it was possible from afar. Having made some adjustements for the length and dynamics of operations, the measures taken by the advancing party to safeguard the civilians, secure routes of evacuation etc., it's safe to say there is hardly a comparison to be made.
If anything in the last decade comes close, it's Mosul, or the brainless bombardment of Raqqa.
Or Fallujah.
What all these have in common is left as an exercise for the reader.