Modus Operandi.

It is no different from what Israel does in Gaza. 

The shelling by Ukraine of the Russian city of Donetsk on Sunday, which claimed the lives of at least 25 civilians and wounded 20 others, was “a barbaric terrorist act” carried out with the support of the West, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said. Sunday's bombardment of a busy market in the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic was inflicted with weapons supplied to Kiev by the US and its allies, the ministry said in a statement. “This again confirms [the West’s] direct involvement in the conflict and makes it complicit in the criminal acts of the Zelensky regime, which has once again displayed its inhumanity and hatred towards innocent people,” it said. “The West’s unrestrained desire to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia through the hands of their Ukrainian puppets, whom it is eager to support mindlessly and without limit, is pushing the Kiev regime to increasingly reckless steps, including acts of terrorism, massive violations of international humanitarian law, and war crimes,” the ministry added.

As I state non-stop from the start of SMO, what was revealed about NATO militaries and the media class which serves them is an absolute disregard to civilians and living vicariously trough VSU in their desire to kill Russians. If those are civilians who get murdered--it is fine with them. So, there is nothing to discuss here, only to continue to annihilate NATO's remaining hardware and stooges. It is their MO, always was. Speaking of which--women could be very cruel, women in VSU who get to the front line are extremely "motivated" (a euphemism for fanatics) and they should be treated in battle as combatants, meaning killed (in Russian). 

Terrorism and diversions will continue on Russian territory for a while--it is inevitable in the war of this scale and it is clear that FSB and MVD have their hands full, especially when dealing with a group of people who are exactly like Russians, from appearance to language, and who could be working on behalf of SBU, GUR and their curators from MI6 or CIA. This is the only instrument they have at their disposal--terrorism and assassinations are a part of it. Now, about this 90,000 personnel NATO maneuvers:

BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - NATO is launching its largest exercise since the Cold War, rehearsing how U.S. troops could reinforce European allies in countries bordering Russia and on the alliance's eastern flank if a conflict were to flare up with a "near-peer" adversary. Some 90,000 troops are due to join the Steadfast Defender 2024 drills that will run through May, the alliance's top commander Chris Cavoli said on Thursday.

It is nothing but posturing in a desperate attempt to produce an impression, primarily for domestic consumption. Militarily NATO is a joke and in case of facing "near-peer", Russia I assume, C4ISR of the whole NATO will be disrupted within first 48 to 72 hours. Once you lose Command and Control the outcome is known. 90,000 personnel is not that impressive, especially considering the size of Russian Armed Forces and increasingly unachievable by NATO levels of combat training and TOE which make any Pentagon general salivate. Nah, they should concentrate on "studying" how Patton "fought" his war--that'll teach them how to fight. You know, strategery.