Not informing the Ukrainians that their POWs were in it was a violation. If the Ukrainians had known that they would not have fired on the plane.
Btw it is also a violation to put POWs on a plane, ship or location to act as “human shields”.
Otherwise the plane was a valid military target.
“Not informing the Ukrainians that their POWs were in it was a violation. If the Ukrainians had known that they would not have fired on the plane.”
Nice try, but there is NO WAY that the Russians would expose THEIR CREWS, THEIR SOLDIERS, and THEIR AIRCRAFT to this type of attack.
It’s OBVIOUS that some trigger-happy UKRAINIAN saw a nice, big, juicy, target and fired away...and I suspect that there will be hell to pay in Ukraine for that crap.
What are the consequences for violating the Geneva Convention?
1. A strongly worded letter?
2. A strong rebuke by the (communist) UN?
3. A citation like a traffic violaton?
4. Issued a date to appear, and released?
5. A note put in your permanent record? (whatever that is)
I don’t recall any country being bombed out of existence for such violations, so I’m curious.
I think you better look into this more closely before declaring what happened and why.