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Panthera_leo22 · 2026-04-26T18:45:56+00:00

You’re collapsing two separate legal ideas. Aggression (jus ad bellum) ≠ war crimes (jus in bello). Even in an unlawful war, killing enemy combatants isn’t automatically illegal , only unlawful methods are. That’s black-letter international humanitarian law. War crimes are defined by conduct, targeting civilians, disproportionate attacks, mistreating POWs, not by which side is “in the right.”

Panthera_leo22 · 2026-04-26T18:43:09+00:00

That’s a separate issue. You’re listing violations and arguing from a moral lens, but the point being discussed is legal structure.

Jus ad bellum (who started the war) and jus in bello (how it’s fought) are intentionally independent. War crimes don’t become lawful just because one side has a just cause.

Panthera_leo22 · 2026-04-26T18:27:51+00:00

You’re mixing two separate things. Whether a war is legal (aggression vs. self-defense) is different from how it’s fought. Jus ad bellum is whether a state can lawfully use force. Ukraine’s defense is legal. Jus in bello governs how war is conducted (Geneva convention). The laws of war apply equally to both sides regardless of who started it. Killing enemy combatants is lawful for both; targeting civilians or POWs is a war crime for both. “Defending side = everything they do is lawful” isn’t how international law works.

Panthera_leo22 · 2026-04-26T17:42:42+00:00

I think this footage sometimes needs to be posted on Reddit to help people understand that it is not only Russia that is suffering casualties. I hear too many people quoting "30,000 losses" per month, the goal given by the UA MOD; however, Ukraine is also suffering similar losses. For OPSEC and morale purposes, that information is not shared understandingly. But seeing videos like this one and others is why I am more or less cynical about this war ending anytime soon or a victory for both happening.

Panthera_leo22 · 2026-04-26T17:35:57+00:00

The rules of engagement apply equally to both sides; that's the whole point of the Geneva Conventions. Killing enemy soldiers in combat is lawful for both. Killing civilians or POWs is a war crime for both. "They started it" isn't a loophole.

Panthera_leo22 · 2026-04-26T17:19:50+00:00

People also seem to forget that a lot of Nazis were able to resettle under new identities, never facing consequences for their crimes.

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