Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to World News@quokk.au · 2 months agoUkraine strikes Moscow’s largest oil refinery, 15 kilometers from the Kremlineuromaidanpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down10
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkUkraine strikes Moscow’s largest oil refinery, 15 kilometers from the Kremlineuromaidanpress.comLemmynated@lemmy.zip to World News@quokk.au · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoDon’t oil refineries have civilians working in them?
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThat doesn’t take away their status as legitimate wartime targets.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI never said it did, but it does underline the need for careful tactics that minimize civilian harm. Sounds like this one was successful in that which is good.
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoA valid point to raise, but one worthy of debate. There’s a difference between a bunch of monks, and a bunch of state-aligned gas workers. Perhaps not much, but, still, something worthy of a conversation. I’m not trying to excuse civilian deaths, but there is a difference between the two
Don’t oil refineries have civilians working in them?
That doesn’t take away their status as legitimate wartime targets.
I never said it did, but it does underline the need for careful tactics that minimize civilian harm.
Sounds like this one was successful in that which is good.
A valid point to raise, but one worthy of debate.
There’s a difference between a bunch of monks, and a bunch of state-aligned gas workers. Perhaps not much, but, still, something worthy of a conversation.
I’m not trying to excuse civilian deaths, but there is a difference between the two