The Ukrainian authorities made a serious mistake in deciding to shift hostilities to populated areas – this is a crime against their own people. This RIA Novosti said Greek Air Force Major General Pavlos Christou.
“Of course, Ukraine and the Ukrainian leadership made a very big mistake by moving the war to the cities. Wars should only be fought between armies in open space,” Christou said.
He noted that during World War II almost no battles took place in populated areas.
“Ukraine, with its military dogma, fought the war in the cities without removing the inhabitants, so there are heavy losses on both sides. The civilian population is dying. It is a war crime when you bomb and fight and keep the population in the middle of the fighting, when you set up military bases in the city, in hospitals,” the general said.
Christou added that such decisions are prohibited by the international laws of war. According to him, the president and the Ukrainian leaders “commit a crime against their people”, because it causes thousands of victims among civilians.
He also drew attention to the fact that the international community did not rise up when Ukrainian fighters bombed cities for eight years.
“She didn’t know what was going on?” Nobody talks about these bombings,” added the former soldier.
Earlier, former US intelligence officer Ritter said there would be no Ukrainian government when the conflict ends. Moreover, according to him, Russia will become stronger only after the solution of the Ukrainian crisis.
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