Ukraine, Russia, and the West

LouisCyphre · February 25, 2022, 11:08pm

Unconfirmed twitter reports of a downed Russian IL-76 transport plane near Kyiv. (Can potentially carry more than 250 people)

VoteForSocialists · February 25, 2022, 11:11pm

Ukranian heroes shot down your pony (unconfirmed).

https://mobile.twitter.com/AVindman/status/1497345604816711681

Riverman · February 25, 2022, 11:12pm

LOL UN

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1497343147185258509?s=21

von_Internet · February 25, 2022, 11:13pm

My mom is from Ortelsburg! Southside!

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Xiaolongbao · February 25, 2022, 11:16pm

Marksman · February 25, 2022, 11:23pm

I was watching some of the UN on that and I thought I heard India abstained. Would that make sense?

simplicitus · February 25, 2022, 11:24pm

It’s not good for Russia. China also abstained, which is really not good for Russia.

bobman0330 · February 25, 2022, 11:29pm

At least they remembered to bring their parachutes

Jalfrezi · February 25, 2022, 11:34pm

I feel you’re not really embracing the GTO solution discussed itt.

LouisCyphre · February 25, 2022, 11:35pm

I have seen several reports of saboteurs getting captured. Either wearing civilian clothes or Ukrainian uniforms. During WW2 this would have made them spies instead of POWs and they could be shot by martial law.

Anyone know if this is still the case? (Obviously Ukraine wouldn’t do that for a variety of reasons)

VoteForSocialists · February 25, 2022, 11:37pm

hey you know what we haven’t considered? how do the minority senators feel about this when they are not just supporting putin on foxnews.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1497314439825182724

LouisCyphre · February 25, 2022, 11:41pm

Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

The penal provisions promulgated by the Occupying Power in accordance with Articles 64 and 65 may impose the death penalty on a protected person only in cases where the person is guilty of espionage, of serious acts of sabotage against the military installations of the Occupying Power or of intentional offences which have caused the death of one or more persons, provided that such offences were punishable by death under the law of the occupied territory in force before the occupation began.
The death penalty may not be pronounced against a protected person unless the attention of the court has been particularly called to the fact that since the accused is not a national of the Occupying Power, he is not bound to it by any duty of allegiance.
In any case, the death penalty may not be pronounced against a protected person who was under eighteen years of age at the time of the offence.