From the founder of Wildberries …
“There are no words to describe all the feelings and emotions caused by the attacks on ordinary people, on our employees, on us, who are simply doing our jobs,” she wrote on Telegram. “But these situations demonstrate the most important thing: we must continue to do what we do for the benefit of people.”
Details? The article quotes Zelenskyy, who said that the site is “involved in providing the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear,” but even taking that at face value, there’s no information on how much and whether there were significant quantities of these things in the warehouses that got bombed. The principle of proportionality matters here, because a warehouse that contains two rifles meant for the Russian army and a thousand shirts headed for Russian civilians is still a civilian target and bombing it would still be a war crime. I for one doubt commercial warehouses are a significant source of arms for Russia, and it’s entirely possible that this
Is the real aim of the bombings. I’m not saying it’s 100% a war crime, but at the very least it’s very disappointing that the article makes no attempt to confirm whether the Ukrainian claims here hold.
They literally address it in the article. Military hardware and drone components were readily available on the website even after the attacks. What else do you want to see?
Besides, it’s not like Russia has given a shit about war crimes since they invaded. They commit them daily. Acting like Ukraine should be following the rules that Russia has torn to shreds for 4-years is…idiotic.
Not sure if your posts are bad faith/intentional misdirection or simple stupidity. Either way, it’s not a good look for you. Do better.
Like I said, that these things were going to the Russian army in significant numbers and that the warehouses bombed included them in significant numbers.
That’s not how international law (or, for that matter, basic morality) works. Zionists use this same rhetoric to justify Israeli war crimes, but it’s wrong then and it’s wrong now. International law (and, again, basic morality) applies to all countries independent of whether anyone else is following it, because bombing civilians is bad period and shouldn’t be done unless there’s no alternative. Charred bodies of innocents aren’t any less abhorrent when they’re Russian; if international law/basic morality only applies when the other side is the Bad Guy™ then we might as well toss the whole damn thing in the trash. Terror bombing was and is bad even when done to Nazis, or we should all be celebrating 9/11.
Stop using the “terrorism” bullshit. The term is next to useless. Generally, as used today, terrorism is when a non-state actor uses violence. That’s it. Police are, by definition, terrorists, but we don’t use the term for that. At the end of the day, war is terrorism. All war. Acting like you can be morally perfect in war is a total misunderstanding of war. When it’s over, the survivors can figure out what was wrong. If Ukraine doesn’t survive then there is nothing to be held accountable for. Survival comes first.
Is this an ideal target? Obviously not. However, there are no ideal targets. There are targets of opportunity. You can choose to pass on an opportunity, but if you do that and it causes more people to die, that’s a mistake. I think this is a fairly good target, because it puts pressure on the people of Russia. In the end, it’s them who are going to have to end this invasion. Putin won’t. They’re going to have to force an end, and they’re going to have to face consequences before they do that. They can end it whenever they want though.
They show in the article that Wildberries sells body armor which is clearly in the category of military/dual use. That doesn’t address your point about proportionality though, nor do I think it can be addressed easily without proper data backing up the claims. It’s on Ukraine though to provide that data to make it clear to the world that they’re attacking legitimate targets and not committing war crimes, especially with the deaths of quite a few civilians.
Thank you that’s exactly what I’m trying to say.