if confirmed, would constitute a violation of international humanitarian law, according to which all armed combatants in a conflict are required to wear distinctive insignia
I wish I was surprised
a violation of international humanitarian law
Another one, huh?
Yeah, I thought it was ok to violate international law now?
It apparently is if you’re Russia or Israel. And you could rope in America and China too.
Russia has violated the geneva convention more times than it has followed it
Or, as they call it in Russia, just another Thursday.
That’s cool. Means Ukraine doesn’t have to burden itself with housing and feeding them when they surrender.
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In their own words:
Novaya Gazeta Europe was founded in April 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine six weeks earlier and the subsequent introduction of wartime censorship that forced most of Novaya Gazeta’s editors and journalists to leave the country.
Based in the Latvian capital Riga, Novaya Gazeta Europe seeks to continue the legacy of Novaya Gazeta, which has been one of the most trusted names in Russian independent journalism for over 30 years.
Confirmed by Wikipedia. No MBFC or AllSides rating, though their Wiki page lists numerous awards they’ve won. There are many articles about the Russian government shutting them down after the invasion. Here’s one from Reuters. Many of their journalists have been murdered by Putin’s regime. Anna Politkovskaya’s murder is maybe the most infamous.
“Russian military units were also spotted wearing civilian clothes in the Kursk region” I’m seeing a whole lot of statement here but not a whole lot of confirmation.
Spotted wearing civilian clothes? What does that mean? Doesn’t that just imply they saw civilians?
I guess I’m struggling to find the bit of info that explains how they knew these are Russian troops. ELI5?
