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JBsoundCHK t1_ixo5sbx wrote

So at this point, what exactly is Russia's reasoning for attacking Ukraine and causing a lot of innocent people to freeze to death? There's honestly been so many excuses I'm not sure which narrative is the primary one they're using this week.

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bunkkin t1_ixokb92 wrote

The DoD LoW (law of war) Manual (¶ 5.6.8.5) says:

“Electric power stations are generally recognized to be of sufficient importance to a State’s capacity to meet its wartime needs of communication, transport, and industry so as usually to qualify as military objectives during armed conflicts.”

Russia has committed a plethora of war crimes and I've been all for giving Ukraine everything they ask for. I'm also sure the Ukrainian government has backups for electricity but I've never been convinced that attack the electric grid is itself a war crime unless we could somehow prove Russia is doing so with the express purpose of harming civilians. (Which let's be honest could 100% be the reason)

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