Throughout, Russia have clearly been trying to avoid civilian casualties. They have had the ability to conduct massive strikes throughout the entire country, but have kept them fairly reduced (eg: it was 44 days since Kiev's last attack before a few days ago). Remember about a year ago Zelensky had to remind the Kyiv citizens to 'remember/act like there is a war happening'. AFU have consistently hit civilians in DPR especially through the last 2 years, and also before.
