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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (7 children)

He also says his comrades once took captive a Polish soldier, forced him to stand on his knees, and killed him by shooting him in the head.

Sounds like a foreign mercenary to which the laws of war relating to prisoners of war don't apply.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bad take. Killing prisoners is unacceptable if it isn't in crisis or revolution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Counterpoint: every last Azovite should have been lined up and shot after Mariupol, not bartered back to Ukraine in prisoner exchanges.

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