Moral Depravity

The graphic below, taken from The Sun, shows the horrific losses suffered by Russia to date in their senseless war in Ukraine. Now Russian generals are adding to the carnage by throwing waves of young Russian boys against Ukrainian forces holding out in the town of Bakhmut, and every inch of territory the Russians gain is coming at an enormous cost in lives lost.

The battles are taking Ukrainian lives as well, but Russia has far more men under arms than does Ukraine. The Russian strategy, apparently, is to simply overwhelm the defenders to the point they're forced to withdraw from the town and forfeit it to the Russians. Russian President Vladimir Putin can then proclaim to the people back home that their sons have won a glorious victory.

The slaughter is as unconscionable as it is unnecessary, but Putin and his generals evidently don't care about the lives they're destroying and the grief they're causing. They're intent on conquering Ukraine no matter how many Ukrainians and Russians have to die to satisfy their ambitions.

If wantonly committing mass murder is a moral evil then Vladimir Putin and his civilian and military leaders certainly qualify as evil men in the same league as Napoleon and Hitler. They're responsible for enormous crimes against humanity and their names should forever be synonomous with moral depravity.