I told you - they declared independence form the Soviet Union (when the Soviet Union still existed), and they declared independence from Russia before the Russian Federation wa created.
Not sure on the legalities of the matter, but I assume that you don't need to declare independence from the USSR if you are not actually a constituent republic.
Yes, actually America already had POW camps during the civil war.
That is quite a different matter from whether it is actually required by current international law. Furthermore, these were the armed forces of the states, not renegade insurrectionists. I assume that if the same occurred today, they'd shoot people in the back of the neck with their hands tied. They certainly would be sending people to prison for it.
I also think the main reason for good treatment would be similar treatment for your own forces.
Belarus has no army.
Why have Western chattering classes been suggesting that it may enter the war for months? In order to justify their draconian sanctions regime?
The Confederates were "rebels and traitors" it didn't matter. They were treated as soldiers, and let go upon ceasation of hostilities.
Chechens held Russians in POW camps. Actually these were sometimes even run more like refugee camps (because a plenty of these Russians were in fact deserters, who were being even adopted by families into private houses, not unlike the villagers were doing during the Caucasian War).
Belarus has a Potemkin village army, but they really have internal security forces. Who in a war would fare as well as these OMON columns burned near Kharkiv.
The Confederates were "rebels and traitors" it didn't matter. They were treated as soldiers, and let go upon ceasation of hostilities.
Yeah, I don't think that would be repeated. If not summary execution, they would be imprisoned for decades.
Belarus has a Potemkin village army, but they really have internal security forces. Who in a war would fare as well as these OMON columns burned near Kharkiv.
Then just hold exercises on the Western border with Ukraine to divert at least some resources.
Not sure on the legalities of the matter, but I assume that you don't need to declare independence from the USSR if you are not actually a constituent republic.
That is quite a different matter from whether it is actually required by current international law. Furthermore, these were the armed forces of the states, not renegade insurrectionists. I assume that if the same occurred today, they'd shoot people in the back of the neck with their hands tied. They certainly would be sending people to prison for it.
I also think the main reason for good treatment would be similar treatment for your own forces.
Why have Western chattering classes been suggesting that it may enter the war for months? In order to justify their draconian sanctions regime?
The Confederates were "rebels and traitors" it didn't matter. They were treated as soldiers, and let go upon ceasation of hostilities.
Chechens held Russians in POW camps. Actually these were sometimes even run more like refugee camps (because a plenty of these Russians were in fact deserters, who were being even adopted by families into private houses, not unlike the villagers were doing during the Caucasian War).
Belarus has a Potemkin village army, but they really have internal security forces. Who in a war would fare as well as these OMON columns burned near Kharkiv.
Yeah, I don't think that would be repeated. If not summary execution, they would be imprisoned for decades.
Then just hold exercises on the Western border with Ukraine to divert at least some resources.