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We know for sure that war crimes are being committed by both sides of this. We know that's happening in Ukraine too. We know the USA, UK, Canada, etc. and their allies committed serious war crimes in previous engagements.
Nobody follows the rules. Having rules in war is pretty stupid. The only rules are the ones your citizens will vote you out (or otherwise depose you) for crossing and that is nowhere close to what's happening right now. We (humanity) are willing to accept a lot of horrific shit to "win" when we think we're right.
So Russia should start using nuclear weapons and chemical and biological attacks, and blowing up nuclear power plants in Ukraine, then?
Putin is dead if he tries that. The rest of the world will depose him forcefully.
It's not like he's not doing it because of the Geneva convention right now. He's clearly not following many of those rules already because he knows nobody will stop him.
That's what I'm saying, the only thing that matters in war is the limits imposed by others, Not self limits.