" The Financial Times has obtained access to 29 Russian military secret files from 2013-2014 with lists of targets, particularly nuclear power plants, for a potential war with Japan and South Korea."
I read this article differently; atacks on civilian targets and energy infrastructure, while effective to completely neutralise a country, is without any consideration for the principle of proportionality, according to international humanitarian law, and is primarily a warcrime.
To me, it’s an affirmation of the idea that Russian, Chinese, and North-Korean military cooperation has been going on for much longer than some suspected.
And, that such states have no regards for civilians lives and have no intentions of upholding international law.
See also Is attacking Ukraine’s power grid a war crime?, BBC;
" The state has an obligation under international humanitarian law (IHL) to choose a target or a tactic that will cause less damage to civilians. Less death and less injury, but still fulfilling the military advantage," Dr Maria Varaki from King’s College War Studies department told the BBC."
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" The Financial Times has obtained access to 29 Russian military secret files from 2013-2014 with lists of targets, particularly nuclear power plants, for a potential war with Japan and South Korea."
I read this article differently; atacks on civilian targets and energy infrastructure, while effective to completely neutralise a country, is without any consideration for the principle of proportionality, according to international humanitarian law, and is primarily a warcrime.
To me, it’s an affirmation of the idea that Russian, Chinese, and North-Korean military cooperation has been going on for much longer than some suspected. And, that such states have no regards for civilians lives and have no intentions of upholding international law.
See also Is attacking Ukraine’s power grid a war crime?, BBC; " The state has an obligation under international humanitarian law (IHL) to choose a target or a tactic that will cause less damage to civilians. Less death and less injury, but still fulfilling the military advantage," Dr Maria Varaki from King’s College War Studies department told the BBC."