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shavenferret said:

Should civilian jetliners be av acceptable target, especially against a nation that commits war crimes without any regard?

No. I'm already uncomfortable enough with the grey area Ukraine is operating in, but attacking purely civilian equipment with expected high civilian losses would be just evil. Maybe there's a way to destroy the equipment when there's no or only few people around, but it would still be attacks against purely civilian targets and for little benefit but potentially losing a lot of sympathy and hence possibly actual support as well. Also, it would be a great reason for Russia to actually mobilize the population - popular support might just be there in that case.