| > Have bad things happened? Yes. It's a war. Have Russian soldiers done some bad things? Almost certainly. Is there widespread or systemic murder of civilians and rape by Russian troops?. They literally ask for permission to rape the Ukrainians from their partners. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-rape-russian-soldier-wife-by... They literally executed civilians in Bucha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucha_massacre If you want to learn more about the Russians armed forces sexual crimes in Ukraine you can find a depressingly large article here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_the_2022_Ru... > This is not genocide either and false flags and exaggerations abound on all sides. It is literally genocide per the UN definition of the word. https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. Russians are easily doing at least the last (forced transfer of children) and are arguably doing the first, and second based on the terrible conditions they leave the cities they level in leaving the Ukrainians to die in the street. > No, that is not happening. And it makes sense as it would be counterproductive to Russia's aims. The rape and deportation of locals to Russia is par for the course for the USSR's and Russia's conflicts. They did the exact same thing in Chechnya. If you want to learn more about the terrible crimes that Russia has committed in Ukraine and past wars (like Chechnya) look up what a 'filtration camp' is. This isn't counterproductive to Russia's aims, it _is_ one of Russias aims. > In short. Unadulterated bullshit. In short, it's the Russian army doing Russian army things, at this point it seems they are incapable of conducting wars without committing a tonne of war crimes. |