woelkchen@lemmy.worldM to Ukraine@lemmy.world · 22 days agoRussian soldiers ‘blow themselves up’ to avoid capturewww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11file-text
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Kremlin propaganda convinces troops they will be tortured if taken prisoner, says Ukrainian commander Paywall?
minus-squareHonytawk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoIt literally dictates the rules of war, including how to treat POW. How is that irrelevant?
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoThe Canadian forces has a unit on rules of war. They’re very particular about it. Contrary to belief, they’re more than suggestions.
minus-squareTalcosis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·21 days agoBecause it says nothing about what POWs are required to do before being captured. The Geneva convention would be relevant in this case if Ukrainian soldiers were killing Russian POWs.
It literally dictates the rules of war, including how to treat POW.
How is that irrelevant?
The Canadian forces has a unit on rules of war. They’re very particular about it. Contrary to belief, they’re more than suggestions.
Because it says nothing about what POWs are required to do before being captured.
The Geneva convention would be relevant in this case if Ukrainian soldiers were killing Russian POWs.