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Just to add that Russia used Ukrainian prisoners for propaganda already in 2014. In Crimea, then in Donbas.The Geneva Conventions specifically allows one side to ignore most of the conventions IF the other side has already done so. During the meetings that resulted in the GC (and other international conventions) the various parties realized that if one side does not follow the "gentleman's rules" it puts the other side at too much of a disadvantage in many circumstances.
Russia violated the no use of prisoners as propaganda laws within the first 2 months of the start of the war. So did Ukraine - I have no idea who did so first.
There are certain behaviors that are largely considered to be applied regardless of whether a country is party to a particular convention or other international law - knowingly targeting civilians is one of them - but taking pictures of captured prisoners is not one of them. Even torturing combatant prisoners for information is not sacrosanct - as was proven by the US after capturing various members of al-Queda and other organizations listed as extremist/terrorist.
Save the sauce!Russia's largest refinery is raging with fire right now in Tatarstan, located 1000 km from Ukraine, after a drone attack. The plant's employees are being urgently evacuated as the fire continues to spread.
The popular photo of that North Korean soldier looking up is rather sad, to be honest.
The image is a still from an FPV drone's video feed, taken just before it killed him.
I think that's the expectation, given the words coming out the 21st Century's pathetic imitators of Chamberlain.Putin must be hoping that thPutin must be hoping that the US will switch off the taps to Ukraine on Jan 21st.