Brave, honorable men would meet their enemy in the field. Not hide behind skirts and kindergartens.
In city defenses, you set up according to avenues of enemy advance and fields of fire. You move the civilians out. Comparing the invasion of Ukraine to the Pali areas tells me all I need to know. Bet you’ve never been to either place.
Of course if all you believe is what the Kremlin tells you, nothing else matters.
When’s the last time you fought in a city, sailor?