• Tunnelvision [they/them]
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    7 days ago

    If Russia can prove the infrastructure was being used in a military capacity it’s not a war crime.

    • Staines [he/him, they/them]
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      7 days ago

      Yep, all of the targeting during the period the ICC cites was mostly to disable the electrically powered rail grid as far as I know.

      Kharkiv the past few months would be harder to argue there.

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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        7 days ago

        The rules of what constitutes a military capacity is so large you can basically do whatever you want. If a field commander is using the lights to read a map it’s completely justified to take down the electrical system. Obviously on a moral level it’s fucked to destroy infrastructure like that, but there basically is no legal case here.