My bad, it was Paul Urey before they even sentenced him.
Maybe you should see how they look like when they publicly parade them around.
There was never a conflict when the Russians or Soviets didn't routinely starve and torture (and mass murder) POWs. Just never. And for the longest time the Soviets didn't even recognise the very concept of a POW, refusing to sign any international convention, and in Chechnya they gave it to 0 prisoners, and right now it's "not a war" too. It's just a "special military operation", and the enemies are only boyeviki just like in Chechnya (besides "nationalists"), they're not soldaty (or police officers of whatever).
My bad, it was Paul Urey before they even sentenced him.
An aid worker according to reports, but I trust "news" organizations as far as I can throw them.
If they starved him, they're even dumber than they look. Western citizens are very valuable as a means of blackmail and humiliation of the West. It is rank stupidity to torture or starve them.
Maybe you should see how they look like when they publicly parade them around.
War takes a toll. It's not as if Russian POWs look like that "General Pavel" the Western media hoaxed about.
And for the longest time the Soviets didn't even recognise the very concept of a POW, refusing to sign any international convention, and in Chechnya they gave it to 0 prisoners
Chechens were (actual) insurrectionists. I'm pretty sure those are not considered POWs.
It's just a "special military operation",
You think they actually take their words seriously? Either something is going on, or it is rank incompetence to e.g. not bomb Ukrainian government buildings.
Chechnya had delcrared independence from the Soviet Union before Russia did, and declared independence from Russia before Russia signed its federation treaty (they never officially joined the federation at all, the last to join was Tatarstan in 1993 after long negotiations).
In fact Russia to this very day recognises Chechnya'a split from Checheno-Ingushetia, taht the "insurrectionists" and the pro-Russians in Ingushetia agreed on absolutely peacefully (General Aushev was friend of General Dudayev from Afghanistan, and they remained friends until Dudayev was killed). And in 1991-1992 Moscow withdrew all the Russian troops, except only the paramilitary railway police (which was allowed to remain and operate by Grozny, staffed by locals but answering to Ryazan HQ), and all administration.
But anyway, internal conflicts POWs have the very same status and rights as in international conflicts.
Yes, they do this EXTREMELY seriously. This is how they can't send conscripts (without contracts) or declare a general mobilization - because there's "no war".
They bombed (and shelled, and burned down) Ukrainian government buildings aplenty.
2 of these 3 guys are already dead.
They starve and torture the prisoners to death in their camps.
Just tried to confirm and couldn't find anything saying that.
I guess they should shoot them in the knee rather than 'starving' them? (For which I have seen no evidence, unlike the knee-shooting.)
Also someone's been downvoting us both, that's hilarious.
I have one dedicated fan. Can't imagine you don't have any, considering your stances which this board finds to be controversial.
My bad, it was Paul Urey before they even sentenced him.
Maybe you should see how they look like when they publicly parade them around.
There was never a conflict when the Russians or Soviets didn't routinely starve and torture (and mass murder) POWs. Just never. And for the longest time the Soviets didn't even recognise the very concept of a POW, refusing to sign any international convention, and in Chechnya they gave it to 0 prisoners, and right now it's "not a war" too. It's just a "special military operation", and the enemies are only boyeviki just like in Chechnya (besides "nationalists"), they're not soldaty (or police officers of whatever).
An aid worker according to reports, but I trust "news" organizations as far as I can throw them.
If they starved him, they're even dumber than they look. Western citizens are very valuable as a means of blackmail and humiliation of the West. It is rank stupidity to torture or starve them.
War takes a toll. It's not as if Russian POWs look like that "General Pavel" the Western media hoaxed about.
Chechens were (actual) insurrectionists. I'm pretty sure those are not considered POWs.
You think they actually take their words seriously? Either something is going on, or it is rank incompetence to e.g. not bomb Ukrainian government buildings.
Chechnya had delcrared independence from the Soviet Union before Russia did, and declared independence from Russia before Russia signed its federation treaty (they never officially joined the federation at all, the last to join was Tatarstan in 1993 after long negotiations).
In fact Russia to this very day recognises Chechnya'a split from Checheno-Ingushetia, taht the "insurrectionists" and the pro-Russians in Ingushetia agreed on absolutely peacefully (General Aushev was friend of General Dudayev from Afghanistan, and they remained friends until Dudayev was killed). And in 1991-1992 Moscow withdrew all the Russian troops, except only the paramilitary railway police (which was allowed to remain and operate by Grozny, staffed by locals but answering to Ryazan HQ), and all administration.
But anyway, internal conflicts POWs have the very same status and rights as in international conflicts.
Yes, they do this EXTREMELY seriously. This is how they can't send conscripts (without contracts) or declare a general mobilization - because there's "no war".
They bombed (and shelled, and burned down) Ukrainian government buildings aplenty.