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(NSFW) Russians Booby Trap Their Dead - War Crime
Published 1 years ago
Cell phone video released by a Ukrainian Soldier shows a dead Russian Soldier who's been booby trapped with a hand grenade which is in direct violation of Article 7, section (b) on the 1996 Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices.
This isn't a question of if the Russians committed a war crime. This is an intentional war crime. You are not allowed to booby trap the dead. It's unclear if another Russian Soldier laid this booby trap in place, or if the Russian Soldier emplaced this booby trap himself as he was dying. Another possibility as well is that the Ukrainian Soldier who filmed this feigned the booby trap and put the grenade under the helmet himself to make a TikTok video.
In all three cases, this is a war crime. The only one that doesn't warrant a punishment is if the dead Russian Soldier put the grenade there himself, as it's impossible to punish a dead man for his war crimes.
