Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that it was “inevitable” that “war” would come to Russia after authorities there were forced to temporarily close a busy Moscow airport following an overnight drone attack on the capital.

  • SAF77@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A war crime is a always a war crime. And the people committing war crimes will always be war criminals. Public opinion doesn’t matter. The fact that certain countries don’t prosecute war criminals doesn’t matter. The fact that certain countries try to legitimize war crimes doesn’t matter. A war crime is always a war crime. And a war criminal will always be a war criminal. It really is that sjmple.

    • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Sometimes in war there is a choice between being a war criminal or being annihilated, though. Also, these choices are made by the elite who aren’t playing by the same rules as everyone else. They can’t be tried for war crimes if they win the war, and that’s all that they care about.

      Plus like other commentors said, Russia is the one who made the rules this way.

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      1 year ago

      A rule that is not enforced is not a rule.

      The enforcement of the rule at a later date will be affected by the outcome of the war. If Ukraine loses the war, who will be held accountable for Putin’s crimes?

      The rule will not be enforced, so limiting only the vulnerable, honest side is not a fair application of the rule. It may result in the deaths of many more innocent, vulnerable Ukranians who are the victims in this invasion.

      The invader has set the rules with their attacks. Let them suffer the rules they have set.