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Old 5th February 2024 | 20:00
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From: Rhone-Alpes
Originally Posted by Badger3434
There's another aspect of this 'can we shoot a pilot in the street' debate that troubles me. Amongst the many distressing videos of troops (both sides) being killed/injured by drones, what I find particlulary hard to digest are the videos where troops plainly trying to remove an injured colleague from the battelefield are then themselves hit by further drones.Is that because they have no Red Cross markings...? What happened to the Red Cross symbol in this conflict? Have we all gone beyond respecting the evacuation of the wounded?
"Have we all gone beyond respecting the evacuation of the wounded..................... where troops plainly trying to remove an injured colleague from the battelefield are then themselves hit by further drones."

It has long been a tactic to wound a soldier in the hopes of drawing out more soldiers to rescue him and then shooting as many as possible. . You are correct in saying that Red Cross-marked medics seem to be totally absent, although I don't think many Russians would respect the markings.

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