Putin threatens UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates - eviltoast
    • palordrolap@fedia.io
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      3 months ago

      “We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against what we say we believe to be military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.”

      The important unsaid part needs to be in there. Whether an opponent actually puts military installations inside civilian locations or not (generally a bad move), this gives war criminals carte blanche to bomb whatever they feel like.

    • DrownedRats@lemmy.world
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      Because Russia has been so good at only hitting military facilities in Ukraine so far.