This might be the pin prick that causes the gloves to come off on the Russian side.If Putin doesn’t respond, his Russian supporters may well desert him. On the other hand Ukraine and its western “friends” may well receive quite nasty reprisals from Russia over this.
This hurts Russia and they’ll respond!
I am positive that Bad Vlad takes this personally. When Ukies destroy Russian oil gas and fuel installations.
Putin does not trust in God. He trusts in Russian oil n gas exports profits, earning cash for his Ukrainian war.
Reminds me of the story about a group of Jewish concentration camp prisoners who had committed some trifling infraction of the camp rules, and who were scheduled to be summarily shot - to "make an example" of them.
As they were being led to the place of execution, one of the Jews repeatedly began praying audibly. Each time, one of the guards leading them to the place of execution would brutally strike him with the butt of his rifle, but the Jew would simply get back on to his feet and resuming praying.
Finally, one of his fellow Jews turned to him and whispered, "Hey, stop doing that! You're gonna get us all into trouble!"
I've read various versions of this story; it isn't necessarily meant to be literally true.
But it illustrates the attitude of some people who are constantly warning against "p*ssing off" the Russians and possibly "escalating" the conflict.
They are essentially advising the Ukrainians to lie down and let the Russians trample on their bodies.
Regards,
Russia’s gloves came off when they started the war by targeting civilians on their drive to capture Kyiv