What Hundreds of Photos of Weapons Reveal About Russia's Brutal War Strategy

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John Ismay
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While looking at a spreadsheet full of data and photos that kept growing over the past two months, a clear picture of Russia’s disregard for the Law of Armed Conflict emerged

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What Hundreds of Photos of Weapons Reveal About Russia’s Brutal War Strategy
A New York Times analysis of visual evidence from Ukraine showed widespread use by Russia of cluster weapons banned under certain international treaties.
5:54 AM · Jun 19, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/19/world/europe/ukraine-munitions-war-crimes.html

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Reflecting a shockingly barbaric and old-fashioned wartime strategy, Russian forces have pummeled Ukrainian cities and towns with a barrage of rockets and other munitions, most of which can be considered relatively crude relics of the Cold War, and many of which have been banned widely under international treaties, according to a New York Times analysis.

The attacks have made repeated and widespread use of weapons that kill, maim and destroy indiscriminately — a potential violation of international humanitarian law. These strikes have left civilians — including children — dead and injured, and they have left critical infrastructure, like schools and homes, a shambles.

The Times examined more than 1,000 pictures taken by its own photojournalists and wire-service photographers working on the ground in Ukraine, as well as visual evidence presented by Ukrainian government and military agencies. Times journalists identified and categorized more than 450 instances in which weapons or groups of weapons were found in Ukraine. All told, there were more than 2,000 identifiable munitions, a vast majority of which were unguided.

The magnitude of the evidence collected and cataloged by The Times shows that the use of these kinds of weapons by Russia has not been limited or anomalous. In fact, it has formed the backbone of the country’s strategy for war since the beginning of the invasion.

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1. K&R, 100% Text Book UN Defined Art II Part C & E genocide on a mass scaled is being committed in Ukr

... by Russia.

Russians be like "its war" the world should be like "so are the consequences"