Evidence of Russian soldiers wearing Ukrainian colors (green tape) to move around Pokrovsk published by the AFU. The Russians who were wearing green tape were killed and their dog tags together with photos of their dead bodies were taken as evidence. Nov 2025

by GermanDronePilot

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  3. Man when you think this war couldn’t get any tougher

  4. Well, that’s two war criminals who’ve received justice. Many more to go.

  5. All is fair in love and war—I hope it’s fair to say that the ORCS need to be removed in any and every way possible, forget the conventions–the fukin Russians have already.

  7. I’ve said it in other contexts, where Ukrainians were the ones accused of wearing Russian uniforms and insignia, and I’ll say it again even though the invaders make me sick: Espionage is not perfidy. Unless there is evidence of the Russians wearing the uniforms specifically to launch an attack on Ukrainian soldiers without warning or revealing their identity, this is not perfidy. However, enemy combatants wearing the other side’s uniforms and insignia ARE NOT generally considered soldiers, are not prisoners of war when captured, are not offered the same rights and protections as legitimate POWs, and can be tried for espionage by Ukraine, and don’t have to be repatriated.

  8. Time to digitalize soldiers? QR code on helmet idk, rfid? I feel like this is quite a problem.

  9. I’m not the least surprised, I had already been wondering whether Russians were doing this again to sneak past Ukrainian positions. This confirms it. Though, on what scale are they doing this?

  10. Yeah its considered spying. Death Penalty. Germany did that in the Battle of the Bulge.

  13. There isn’t a single low that those reprobates wouldn’t stoop to. An entire nation of brain-rotted barbarian serfs.

  14. Fucking scum bags. Not that anything from them surprises me anymore.

  15. The law applicable in international armed conflict forbids “mak[ing] improper use of … the military insignia and uniform of the enemy …” (Art. 23(f) of the Hague Regulations of 1899 and 1907; Art. 39 of Additional Protocol I; Art. 8(2)(b)(vii) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court).

    Not all uses of enemy uniforms are prohibited therefore; only “improper” uses. For example, **wearing enemy uniforms in order to flee the fighting or escape capture does not run afoul of the law** (U.S. Department of Defense Law of War Manual § 5.23.1.4). On the other side of the spectrum, **engaging in attacks while wearing the uniform of the enemy is flatly prohibited**, as affirmed in the treaty law and numerous military manuals, and is a war crime under the Rome Statute.

    In between these two clear poles, however, the legal analysis depends on the nature of the acts or intended acts while in enemy uniform and, equally important, whether the conflict is governed by Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. In the case of the conflict in Ukraine, **both Russia and Ukraine are parties to AP I, so the rule in Article 39(2) of AP I applies** to the conduct of the Russian soldiers in the relevant reports.

    AP I expands the concept of improper use beyond the use of enemy uniforms while engaging in attacks and further **prohibits such use “in order to shield, favour, protect or impede military operations.”** A broad reading of this provision **excludes any use of enemy military uniforms in the context of actual military operations** (see UK Law of War Manual § 5.11.1 and Sweden’s IHL Manual). Indeed, **the Commentary to Article 39(2) of AP I explains that the provision covers attacks “in all situations directly related to military operations,”** and therefore “put an end to the longstanding uncertainty arising from … the imprecise text of The Hague [Conventions] and from unclear customary law.”

    Most notably, a straightforward reading of **Russia’s own military manual would preclude any such use of enemy military uniforms.** Its 2001 Regulations on the Application of IHL provides that “[w]hen organizing and conducting cover and concealment of military objectives it is prohibited to make use of … the flags, military emblems and uniforms of the enemy.”

    **Russian soldiers wearing Ukrainian military uniforms and driving Ukrainian military vehicles into combat areas to participate in any manner in military operations therefore violates the law of armed conflict applicable to this conflict.**

    https://lieber.westpoint.edu/combatant-privileges-and-protections/

  17. In WW2, in accordance with the Geneva Convention, this was cause for summary execution. Sometimes after a Courts Martial, sometimes a drumhead trial, often just stood against a handy wall and shot.

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