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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I think a major concern is that the Ukrainian president has requested that the entire civilian population militarizes and take up arms, and I imagine that the civilian Russian population in Ukraine is doing the same thing. It essentially skews the line between civilian and military targets and this is where things can get really bad from a humanitarian perspective.
Some of these civilians on both sides that accept the invitations will be extremists and those looking for revenge over what has occurred in the past few years. At least that is my fear.
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Russia is wrong about the Ukrainian government supporting neo-nazis, but there ARE a lot of neo-nazi militias in the country.
On the upside for Ukraine, while poorly disciplined and trained, there's quite a lot of them and they're highly motivated to fight Russian invaders.
On the downside, they have a track record of war crimes from previous conflicts, including rape and torture, and you just gave them more weapons, and there's a lot of them, and they're effing neo-nazis
It makes sense strategically in this situation, but...