This was an orbit of 300km. Low enough to burn without continued acceleration.

I'm guessing that when you're under attack and the attacker is using a satellite above to attack you, debris resulting from its destruction is not a pressing concern.

This is how a regional conflict ends up destroying humanity.

To elaborate, even a minor conflict in orbit runs a high risk of causing a chain reaction which turns most satellites into a cloud of orbital velocity debris. This cloud will make it impossible for any spacecraft to operate beyond that altitude for hundreds of years. We will have confined ourselves to this planet.

Even with the current situation which is infinitely better than what post-conflict would look like, avoidance of debris is a major concern when planning space missions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

As per this report, it was a "kinetic kill", which means no explosives were used - the satellite was slammed into

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mission-shakti-asa...

And what do you think happens when two objects slam into each other at orbital speeds? The entire premise of an ablation cascade is a series of kinetic collisions.