A Russian attack on an ammunition depot in Milla, near a residential area, caused 38 dead. The attack also hit a nearby nursing home, making it impossible for its occupants to flee in time.
Commentators José Milhazes and Nuno Rogeiro analyzed the incident in the context of the return of the Cold War, seeking to understand what went wrong in the Ukrainian defense against this attack.
The episode comes at a time of intensifying conflict, with analysts trying to assess the strategic flaws that allowed an attack on a military target to cause so many civilian casualties.
