Phil R combat troops I.e Paras are legitimate targets. See the link I posted earlier.
Possibly the main reason Russia is getting embroiled.
Syria, Turkey, Israel and a Greater Middle East Energy War, by F. William Engdahl
One should imagine this is all a big poker game by Putin, lose the gas income and his position is then tenuous and he will be gone, so he is forced into a never ending upward spiralling course of action to maintain his position.
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