Post by provoost

> as demonstrated by the fact that you didn't even know this treaty That's an assumption _you_ are making. I'm quite aware of these treaties and the debates about Ukraine's conduct. As I said, there are plenty of people making legal arguments that Ukraine is violating all kinds of international laws on conduct during warfare. I even gave you a specific example before you wrote the above, the large scale killing of wounded Russians with drones. Another example is how Ukraine has widely dispersed military infrastructure in the midst of civilian infrastructure to make it harder for Russian forces to find; I personally have seen examples of this in Ukraine, eg military equipment being hidden in unmarked civilian buildings. Amnesty International famously argued that Ukraine should strictly abide by international law and move all military infrastructure away from civilian infrastructure, where it would be easy for Russians to identify. While "law abiding", it would be absurd for Ukraine to actually do this. They'd just lose the war. Your arguments are quite similar to what Amnesty International was doing there: arguing the letter of law when the ethics and practicality demands something else.
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> military equipment being hidden in unmarked civilian buildings This is grey area stuff, and nowhere near the near the level of what you've been proposing. I do not hold Ukraine to the standard of squeaky cleanness. I also suspect (and hope) they evacuate at least the immediate vicinity. As for killing wounded soldiers. Obviously a war crime if it happens as you're stating, but video footage is generally not enough context. But it wouldn't tip the scale for me in favor of Russia.
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What I'm proposing is the conduct of the Allies in WW2. We recognized back then that we were fighting an economic war, and freely targeted economic targets of all kinds. Wiping out German and Japanese cities to defeat the Axis was fine; wiping out Russian cities to defeat Russia is also fine. Sayin... show more
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Here's another good example of Ukrainians being pragmatic: kyivinsider.com/russias-largest-cities-rocked-by-wave-of-coordinated-arson-and-explosions Nothing has been admitted officially AFAIK. But it looks like Ukrainian intelligence is defrauding, coercing, blackmailing, and straight up paying Russians on a large scale into committing acts of arson and sabotage, mostly against "civili... show more
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...and yet another example posted today of a Ukrainian drone killing a wounde, unarmed (his rifle got stolen), Russian left abandoned on a stretcher:
Fine by me. He was either going to die, or be eventually rescued and likely returned to the front line to kill more Ukrainians. No reason to abide... show more
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