I wonder where is traditional "deliberately targeting the civilian population"?
Oh, right, it's when Ukrainian civilians die.
When Russian civilians die, BBC only quotes multiple justifications from Zelensky and some Ukrainian official:
"The primary rationale for striking Wildberries' warehouses is to disrupt Russian logistics and the supply of dual-use goods, critical electronics, sanctioned goods and the like to the Russian army and Russian arms manufacturers," he said.
"The collateral damage from such strikes could also have a serious impact on the Russian economy, as well as a psychological effect on Russian society and, likely, on continued support for the war."
"a psychological effect on Russian society and, likely, on continued support for the war" - isn't it a definition of terrorism? Chechen terrorists once captured a maternity ward with the same goal.
The participants of the Geneva Conventions were well aware that in war, harming innocent civilians and their property is often hard to avoid. So when they delineated what should henceforth count as a war crime, they were careful to weigh collateral damage against the expected military benefit of an attack. So killing civilians isn't automatically a war crime, but pointlessly killing civilians is.
Saying Russia is "deliberately targeting the civilian population" is implicitly a war crime accusation, but it could very well be that the Russian officer who made the targeting decision was actually trying to hit a ball-bearing factory and accuracy just wasn't good enough. Though for FPV drones that can be retargeted in real time, such an argument is harder to make. In any case, whether or not something is a war crime depends on the state of mind of the decision makers, not just the outcome.
There's two ways to look at this: morally, and practically.
Morally, attacking civilians is wrong. It's wrong when Russia does it, and it's wrong when Ukraine does it.
Practically, when one side attacks civilians enough times, flagrantly enough, deliberately enough, the other side gets really tempted to respond in kind. It's basic human nature. They'd have to be saints not to, and you don't find many saints in wartime.
I wonder where is traditional "deliberately targeting the civilian population"?
Oh, right, it's when Ukrainian civilians die.
When Russian civilians die, BBC only quotes multiple justifications from Zelensky and some Ukrainian official:
"The primary rationale for striking Wildberries' warehouses is to disrupt Russian logistics and the supply of dual-use goods, critical electronics, sanctioned goods and the like to the Russian army and Russian arms manufacturers," he said.
"The collateral damage from such strikes could also have a serious impact on the Russian economy, as well as a psychological effect on Russian society and, likely, on continued support for the war."
"a psychological effect on Russian society and, likely, on continued support for the war" - isn't it a definition of terrorism? Chechen terrorists once captured a maternity ward with the same goal.
The participants of the Geneva Conventions were well aware that in war, harming innocent civilians and their property is often hard to avoid. So when they delineated what should henceforth count as a war crime, they were careful to weigh collateral damage against the expected military benefit of an attack. So killing civilians isn't automatically a war crime, but pointlessly killing civilians is.
Saying Russia is "deliberately targeting the civilian population" is implicitly a war crime accusation, but it could very well be that the Russian officer who made the targeting decision was actually trying to hit a ball-bearing factory and accuracy just wasn't good enough. Though for FPV drones that can be retargeted in real time, such an argument is harder to make. In any case, whether or not something is a war crime depends on the state of mind of the decision makers, not just the outcome.
да чего ты так трясешься?
There's two ways to look at this: morally, and practically.
Morally, attacking civilians is wrong. It's wrong when Russia does it, and it's wrong when Ukraine does it.
Practically, when one side attacks civilians enough times, flagrantly enough, deliberately enough, the other side gets really tempted to respond in kind. It's basic human nature. They'd have to be saints not to, and you don't find many saints in wartime.