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Every civilians wear these can be killed legally. So, it works both ways. But chances are as thing get brutal (look up Grozny), they will be killed. A lot of pe

Every civilians wear these can be killed legally. So, it works both ways. But chances are as thing get brutal (look up Grozny), they will be killed. A lot of people simply dont understand the consequence of this "good intention" assistance.

ceejayoz 5y ago
Sure, if you’re armed, you’re a target. I doubt many people picking up their AKs from the militia rally points are unaware of this.
fabian2k 5y ago
If you carry one of these, you are a combatant and not a civilian. Which does mean that you have the same status as a regular soldier under the Geneva conventions. And while soldiers and combatants are legitimate targets in general, this war is not legitimate. It is a war of agression against a sovereign country, so you cannot really claim that killing soldiers is simply legal here. The responsibility for all the death and suffering caused here lies with Putin who commanded this invasion. But as Russia is bombarding cities with civilians already, and it is likely they will escalate these bombardments even further, you are anyway in very real danger of getting killed as a civilian.
- hughrr 5y ago
  Doesn't really matter if it's legal or not. As we've seen from every other war, the rules go out of the window and are pretty much just for show afterwards.
  - toyg 5y ago
    Until 2001 I would have disagreed, but Afghanistan and Iraq sadly proved your points.
jacquesm 5y ago
The Russians don't seem to care all that much about whether they can legally kill someone or not, they kill them anyway. The bulk of the casualties in Ukraine is not because of confrontations but because of massive shelling of cities.
phoe-krk 5y ago
The thing is that many Ukrainian people want to wear these and they want to bear the consequences, including the risk of dying if they do. (Especially since they also risk dying anyway, if they don't, since Putin is committing civilian genocide in there.)

ceejayoz 5y ago

Sure, if you’re armed, you’re a target. I doubt many people picking up their AKs from the militia rally points are unaware of this.

fabian2k 5y ago

If you carry one of these, you are a combatant and not a civilian. Which does mean that you have the same status as a regular soldier under the Geneva conventions. And while soldiers and combatants are legitimate targets in general, this war is not legitimate. It is a war of agression against a sovereign country, so you cannot really claim that killing soldiers is simply legal here. The responsibility for all the death and suffering caused here lies with Putin who commanded this invasion. But as Russia is bombarding cities with civilians already, and it is likely they will escalate these bombardments even further, you are anyway in very real danger of getting killed as a civilian.

hughrr 5y ago
Doesn't really matter if it's legal or not. As we've seen from every other war, the rules go out of the window and are pretty much just for show afterwards.
- toyg 5y ago
  Until 2001 I would have disagreed, but Afghanistan and Iraq sadly proved your points.

jacquesm 5y ago

The Russians don't seem to care all that much about whether they can legally kill someone or not, they kill them anyway. The bulk of the casualties in Ukraine is not because of confrontations but because of massive shelling of cities.

phoe-krk 5y ago

The thing is that many Ukrainian people want to wear these and they want to bear the consequences, including the risk of dying if they do. (Especially since they also risk dying anyway, if they don't, since Putin is committing civilian genocide in there.)