[bgill]

Could be Putin is holding back. Don’t blow everything away or you’ll have to rebuild it later. He’s looking for us to put our toes across the line.

[BobL]

“Could be Putin is holding back. Don’t blow everything away or you’ll have to rebuild it later. He’s looking for us to put our toes across the line.”

He’s clearly holding back, not necessarily because he’s a nice guy, but because he doesn’t want to be isolated after the war ends, and there’s nothing to gain by blasting civilians if you need to occupy their country.