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The first prisoners of the regular troops, who were taken by the army to stabilize the situation in the KuPR.

Several hours passed between their arrival and capture

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  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    25·
    3 months ago

    im betting tons of troops are volunteering to go to kursk. oh no. I got captured. im going to be seperated from my beloved mother russia. oh no. so sad.

    • Xanx@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      By now they should know they will just be sent back as exchange for Ukrainian prisoners. There is no escape.

  • TwinkleToes@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    Russia’s traditional war fighting MO has been “keep dying and surrendering in huge numbers until something major happens”.

    Crimean War, Russo Japanese War, WW1, Polish-Soviet war, Winter War, WW2, Afghanistan, Chechnya 1.

    If not for Lend/Lease giving Russia food, oil, guns, vehicles, bullets, boots and clothing, they would have been rolled back to middle Siberia. For all their hypermacho chest thumping, they’re shit at war.

  • Frostbeard@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    If you call them prisoners of war, and accept them as such this might be a breach of the Geneva convention if they are identifiable. Then again it might not be regular Ukrainian army taking these pictures, but that opened up a whole new set of questions and possible breaches.

    I wholeheartedly support Ukraina in their fight against Russia, but still thing that Ukraina should adhere to the Geneva convention.

    • barsoap@lemm.ee
      7·
      3 months ago

      The “no parading prisoners” clause doesn’t really apply to these situations. Or, well, at least it’s debatable.

      The provision was added to disallow what had been common in WWI and WWII, and that is parading prisoners through streets while crowds cheered on. Photography existed back then and the convention very much does not say “you can’t have pictures in newspapers”. Should there be some privacy considerations? I’d say yes, but we also shouldn’t overdo it. After all filming soldiers while they’re fighting is legal, why would everything suddenly change completely once they’re captured?