Much respect to that German medic for coming forward. This is blatantly unacceptable, though some will idolize and immortalize actions like this akin to Speirs' actions from Easy Company...
Reminds me of those Australian soldiers, too.
I'm not surprised they were German, to be honest. Children learn from a rather young age what the Nazis did and that it should never be allowed to happen again. Development of an ethical consciousness is an important part of upbringing. It's definitely not "the enemy must be destroyed no matter what" like in the US.
(Too bad they can't see the beam in their own eyes when it comes to support for apartheid Israel 🤷♂️)
To some, they can only see at a short-sighted, shallow level that, "Hamas attacked Israel" and think no further. The same folks who only thought so far as, "Al Qaeda attacked us on 9/11" and therefore gave a blank slate to anything thereafter...
I hope the UAF strictly discipline those who did this. They've disgraced their entire country.
Allegedly.
Mr. Grosse’s witness recollection is the only available evidence of the trench killing.
But his accounts of other episodes are bolstered by his contemporaneous notes, video footage and text messages exchanged by members of the unit and reviewed by The Times.
He is confirmed reliable witness for other episodes, so there is good reason to believe him here too.
But his accounts of other episodes are bolstered by his contemporaneous notes, video footage and text messages exchanged by members of the unit and reviewed by The Times.
What motive would he have to lie about this?
Treating surrending Russians well helps Ukraine since it encourages more Russians to surrender.
This is unacceptable and anyone doing this should see the full weight of the law
I lost all hope in humanity reading the Reddit comment section on this topic.
He sold his ass to Putin
NYT is a Russian propaganda
Russian soldier did not follow Geneva Convention so it was ok to execute him
Russians are violent pigs beyond saving. They should be exterminated.
Oh, look. Racism.
This strikes me more as the raw hate of continuous war. If you’re american, read the later events of the civil war as it dragged on; the civility wore away and mass slaughter became the norm.
No, it's a simple war propaganda
I'm sorry but you're not going to get a unit of foreign fighters together and not expect some onion layer of warcrime.
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