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FT Reports A Ukrainian Warcrime
The willful killing of unarmed soldiers, especially when there is a good chance of taking them prisoners, is certainly a war crime.
It is astonishing that Christopher Miller of the Financial Times reports of it without further comment.
How Ukraine pulled off its biggest gamble: invading Russia (archived) – Financial Times, Aug 12, 2024
As Volodymyr prepared to enter Russian territory, adrenaline ran through his veins. It was not lost on him that 81 years ago, another battle in Russia’s Kursk region marked a turning point for Europe.
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“We entered Russian territory for the first time at 1pm on Tuesday [August 6],” Volodymyr said. “We were among the first to enter there.”
To his astonishment, his unit faced no resistance as their eight-wheeled, 20 tonne US Stryker fighting vehicle stormed across the border in broad daylight.
They soon encountered a Russian unit “sitting in the forest, drinking coffee at a table”, Volodymyr recalled. “Then our Stryker drives right into their table.
“We killed many of them on the first day,” he said. “Because they were unarmed and didn’t expect us.”
Not wanting to end up like their comrades, he added, “dozens” of stunned Russian soldiers simply laid down their weapons and surrendered.
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"81 years ago, another battle in Russia’s Kursk region marked a turning point for Europe," writes Miller. He and others should consider what that really means. If I remember correctly, the German fascists and their Ukrainian allies also committed war crimes – and lost the fight.
about war crimes. international crimes and International law.
I predict if the East defeats the western backed belligerents in the two major ongoing wars (western backed Israel v. Gaza) and (western backed Ukraine v. Russia) the long term impact will be to impose international law directly on the people that run the nation states, the corporations, the military, the secret service, or whatever.. .
Its fruitless to impose laws against nation states, corporations or any other non human entity, because non human entities have no life, have no function and have no physical presence in the world how can you make them responsible?
So to make international laws effective, laws need to be aimed at those humans who exercise abusive or damaging powers in the name of some fictitious entity (nation states, corporations, partnership or other entities are non punishable; its impossible to enforce a law against a non punishable entity).
Convict the human that the planned the event, the people that gave the authoritative nod, the people who actually did the deed and all who followed orders, protocol, or policy right down to the person who pulled the trigger so to speak.
I predict Enforceable International law is going to be the long term outcome of these two wars. Note: Often I have stated that enforcing human rights against non human entities is useless, but making international law transparent to entity defined boundaries makes such laws enforceable. I have also said a second government is needed to enable the governed masses the authority they need to audit, indite, prosecute and punish every thing people in the non human nation state do. Every violation of a human right needs to be immediately tended to and dealt with? The most interested party is those people who are the governed, so it is logical the governed masses should have oversight authority over those who govern.
Why have all attempts to make international law not worked? What will make International law enforceable is to make violations attach directly to the actors who did the deeds. Forget charging a corporation or government, get directly at every human in the entire chain (presidents, Prime ministers, persons who voted, affirmed or approved any part of the International crime within legislative chambers, people on committees, bankers, armed force personnel, manufacturers, including weapons manufacturers, transport personnel, everyone). Chain of approvals, chain of preparation, and chain of actions, etc., everyone that collectively, additively or independently participated in the illegal abuse, harm or the corruption, etc.. Non human entities cannot be criminals; it takes humans to commit a crime.
I also think International law will be based in human rights instead of in trade and sovereign boundary and rights determinations. Those things we today call international laws, will become regulations. But regulations between nation states will only be allowed, if human rights are not abused by such regulation. In other words, regulations might apply to non human entities, and laws to human persons.
Everyone should work to make this happen.. Because International law directed at the responsible human, instead of the non-human entity the person works for, owns or controls, can stop the wars, and can enable humanity to organize itself for the collective good.
Every human born to the earth, should be entitled during their lifetimes, to unregulated unrestricted access to all benefits human progress has been able to create and every living person has a duty to make the world a better place for those who will be the next to arrive. An equal share in mankinds progress is a right that should attach to everyone’s life and a human rights defined international legal system could make that happen.
Posted by: snake | Aug 15 2024 12:03 utc | 41
Any hopes Ukraine had that Russia would divert forces from Donbass to shore up Kursk look forlorn. Here’s today’s Russian Defence Ministry report, indicating that the rate of Ukrainian losses hasn‘t abated: https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news/more.htm?id=12525478@egNews
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (15 August 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, the units of the Sever Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Mechanised Infantry Brigade, the 36th Marine Brigade close to Volchansk and Tikhoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 60 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, one 203-mm Pion self-propelled artillery system, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, and two 122-mm D-30 guns.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have captured more advantageous lines and positions, defeated 67th, 115th mechanised, 3rd assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 1st National Guard Brigade close to Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova, Makeyevka, and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 470 Ukrainian troops, three U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, six motor vehicles, one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 towed howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer. One U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station and three ammunition depots have been destroyed.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 23rd, 93rd, and 150th mechanised, 143rd infantry, 5th assault brigades of the AFU and the 241st Territorial Defence Brigade near Aleksandro-Shultino, Stupochki, Chasov Yar, and Pobeda (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU were up to 650 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 gun, three 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, two U.S.-made 105-mm M119 guns. One ammunition depot has been destroyed.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated Ivanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), defeated 32nd, 53rd, 100th, 117th, 151st mechanised brigades of the AFU, the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 111th National Guard Brigade near Toretsk, Grodovka, Vozdvizhenka, Kalinovo, Novogorodskoye, Mirolyubovka, and Nelepovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). Seven counter-attacks of the AFU 53rd Mechanised Brigade and the 15th National Guard Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 470 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 78th Mechanised Brigade and the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Vodyanoye and Prechistovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 125th Territorial Defence Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 105 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of 65th mechanised and 128th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 106th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Pavlovka, Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region), and Lvovo (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 90 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, and one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system. One AFU POL depot has been neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have eliminated one missile and artillery ammunition depot, a storage of uncrewed surface vehicles, a parking site of fuel supply vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 152 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down three U.S.-made JDAM and French-made Hammer aerial bombs, 12 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 35 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 638 airplanes and 279 helicopters, 30,005 unmanned aerial vehicles, 569 air defence missile systems, 17,064 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,400 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,247 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,738 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 15 2024 14:13 utc | 77
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