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Mar 2 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
#Ukraine: Difficult to watch, this report also mentions the Russian military's warnings to Kyiv residents to leave their homes.

A few words now on such warnings in international law...
While the laws of war encourage the use of effective advance warnings of attacks to minimize civilian casualties, providing warnings does NOT make an otherwise unlawful attack lawful.
For warnings to be effective, civilians need adequate time to leave and go to a place of safety before an attack.
And if you're warning an entire city, where are millions of people supposed to go all at once?
What place is safe in #Ukraine under Russian invasion and occupation?
Please think of these things when you hear reports of the Russian military "warning" civilians to leave before their attacks.

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