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Russia has officially deployed a battalion formed of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) to the frontline in Ukraine, further confirming a myriad of apparent Russian violations of the Geneva Convention on POWs.

Russian state-controlled outlets reported on December 28 that soldiers from the "Bogdan Khmelnitsky" battalion, formed of Ukrainian POWs and subordinated to the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) Ministry of Internal Affairs "Kaskad" formation, took part in their first engagement against Ukrainian forces near Urozhaine, western Donetsk region.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a Russian battalion....

Even if they have guns they're not functional and don't have ammo.

They'll just be dressed up like a typical Russian soldier and told if they don't run at Ukrainian defenses, they'll be shot.

If they die, Russians get to see where the defenses are.

If the Ukrainians hesitate to see if they're POWs, then they might hesitate every time a wave runs up. Or another patch of POWs might have a backpack with a bomb in it.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Hey we thought we weren't committing enough war crimes, and we sure as shit aren't gonna let Israel beat us... MORE!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Surely the race to the bottom gets more heated with the more contenders joining in.