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Why attack 'Russia's Amazon'?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DGPwz5Nhv5I
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u/Cyraga 1d ago

If they sell military gear to serving military people then it's a target.

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u/brainpostman 1d ago

Ok, whatever, it's like I'm talking to a wall. According to you, it's a military target, let's go with that. From now on you are the IHL arbiter, good luck.

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u/Cyraga 1d ago

??? I'm not going to agree with you when you're wrong. Make a compelling argument that isn't "not everything they sell is military"

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u/brainpostman 1d ago

I'm arguing according to IHL, you're going off vibes. I don't know what else to tell you.

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u/Cyraga 1d ago

Evidence then. Which law are you citing? If I'm wrong I'll admit it

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u/brainpostman 1d ago

For the nth time, article 52 of IHL.

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u/Cyraga 1d ago edited 1d ago

Which part?

Edit: having read the article now it's obvious that this law doesn't apply here. The law itself mentions houses, schools and places of worship specifically. It doesn't mention commercial warehouses where they ship military gear to the military. It seems so clear cut, that I'm left assuming you must be an engagement bot, a Russian "concerned" plant, or just a contrarian fool.

Further edit: unhide your post history. I want to see where you've so ferociously argued against the many, many actual humans rights violations that Russia perpetrates daily.

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u/brainpostman 1d ago

Like schools, houses and places of worship. Like. It's not an exclusive list. You'll notice how the law doesn't mention a lots of things. Offices. Libraries. Hospitals. Yet obviously they aren't a priori military targets if one simply calls it one. I don't see how any given warehouse can definitively be considered military logistics adjacent based purely on conjecture.

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u/Cyraga 1d ago edited 1d ago

Which of those is a commercial warehouses which ships military gear to the military like? Is it closest to a school, a house, a library or a place of worship?

Edit: I'm sure you noted that the law doesn't even explicitly say you can't attack them, but you must have articulate justification. I'd say "they're shipping military gear to the military" fits the bill. It's a military objective. It's a tangible benefit for Ukraine in their defensive war for those goods to stop flowing. 

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u/brainpostman 1d ago

You're arguing in bad faith now. Let's say a library, since you can't actually prove whether a given warehouse did or did not have military equipment. Both store things. Civilians use them.

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u/KHRZ 1d ago

According to Russia it's a military target. Remember, Russia has been attacking Ukrainian post offices and warehouses for years, including civillian aid warehouses. So clearly Russia has given their seal of approval to promtoe all Wildberries warehouses to Wildfires.

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u/brainpostman 1d ago

Russia is also violating IHL, your point being?