veggibles@lemmy.wtf to World News@quokk.au · 2 days agoUkraine says it carried out first drone airlift of wounded soldier from front linewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up137
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minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoA flying soldier on the battlefield is skeet. You’d have to be fairly desperate, but it’d be worth the risk. In a just world, they should have Red Cross markings and it should be considered a war crime to shoot them down.
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoUnfortunately, in this timeline it seems that war crimes are just crimes you commit at war, not something with consequences for the perpetrator.
A flying soldier on the battlefield is skeet. You’d have to be fairly desperate, but it’d be worth the risk.
In a just world, they should have Red Cross markings and it should be considered a war crime to shoot them down.
Unfortunately, in this timeline it seems that war crimes are just crimes you commit at war, not something with consequences for the perpetrator.