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This is where America can exude the most credibility. Whether it is Russia or Ukraine, whoever violated the Geneva Convention they must be held accountable.
There is a partial video that was made in Ukraine and you can hear a Ukranian leader asking "who is the commander here" or something similar. This was apparently just before 10 Russian soldiers had surrendered and were executed. Video footage of their dead bodies was recorded. The Ukranians claim they were fired on, which to me seems suspect as the soldiers were clearly outgunned.
NO military, no matter how enraged should violate the Geneva Convention. Furthermore, these fools don't realize that Russians will see this video, be more determined themselves and choose to NOT surrender next time believing they will also just be summarily murdered.
We should applaud Americas stance. Lead by example and without bias and hold bad soldiers accountable.
news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's envoy for war crimes said on Monday the United States was monitoring allegations of Ukrainian forces summarily executing Russian troops, and said all parties should face consequences if they commit abuses in the conflict.
Russia's defense ministry on Friday cited videos circulating on social media that allegedly showed Ukrainian soldiers executing Russian prisoners of war.
"We are obviously tracking that quite closely," Beth Van Schaack, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, told reporters during a telephone briefing.
"It's really important to emphasize that the laws of war apply to all parties equally: both the aggressor state and the defender state and this is in equal measure," she said, adding that "all parties to the conflict must abide by international law or face the consequences."
There is a partial video that was made in Ukraine and you can hear a Ukranian leader asking "who is the commander here" or something similar. This was apparently just before 10 Russian soldiers had surrendered and were executed. Video footage of their dead bodies was recorded. The Ukranians claim they were fired on, which to me seems suspect as the soldiers were clearly outgunned.
NO military, no matter how enraged should violate the Geneva Convention. Furthermore, these fools don't realize that Russians will see this video, be more determined themselves and choose to NOT surrender next time believing they will also just be summarily murdered.
We should applaud Americas stance. Lead by example and without bias and hold bad soldiers accountable.
U.S. monitoring alleged executions in Ukraine, says war crimes envoy
Washington's envoy for war crimes said on Monday the United States was monitoring allegations of Ukrainian forces summarily executing Russian troops, and said all parties should face consequences if they commit abuses in the conflict. Russia's defense ministry on Friday cited videos circulating...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's envoy for war crimes said on Monday the United States was monitoring allegations of Ukrainian forces summarily executing Russian troops, and said all parties should face consequences if they commit abuses in the conflict.
Russia's defense ministry on Friday cited videos circulating on social media that allegedly showed Ukrainian soldiers executing Russian prisoners of war.
"We are obviously tracking that quite closely," Beth Van Schaack, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, told reporters during a telephone briefing.
"It's really important to emphasize that the laws of war apply to all parties equally: both the aggressor state and the defender state and this is in equal measure," she said, adding that "all parties to the conflict must abide by international law or face the consequences."
