Ukraine struck an Iranian commercial vessel, killing at least one sailor and wounding several others. The ship, laden with steel, was sailing from Russia’s Astrakhan Port to Iran’s Anzali Port when it was hit.
Reason for title laid out in the article.
I think this is okay here. Mod please advise.
Crosspost from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/12341161
I talked to some Ukrainians on the platform about this and all they could do is claim foreign vessels are legitimate targets if they’re part of a supply chain and supplement it with either racism or “Iranians are oppressed we’re doing them a favor by attacking their government”
Just absolutely insane!
nothing about this situation is sane, so we shouldn’t expect it.
It just helps Russia and Iran to increase cooperation. Russia could ask Iran for manpower in return for technology know-how. Russia is struggling with manpower; Iran is struggling with know-how and technology
Neither is actually true, Russia still have more volunteers than needed to replace the losses, and Iran, at least in fields used in this war, is ahead of most of the world - including even USA.
Russia is struggling with manpower
Russia’s struggle hardly compares to Ukraine’s. It hasn’t even formally declared war yet, which is required for full mobilization. It’s still fighting with one hand tied behind its back.
Russia should not need full mobilization. Ukraine should need full mobilization.
It hasn’t even formally declared war yet,
What is formally declared war, if today’s fight is not a war?
Note: I am a neutral person and just seeking justice and balance
What is formally declared war, if today’s fight is not a war?
It unquestionably is a war de facto, but de jure within the state of Russia, it’s a “special military operation.”
I don’t know Russian law and what approval may be needed from the Duma, but if we’re being honest and not overglazing Putin, I wonder if it’s some similar reason to this:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/call-war-trump-reveals-real-172604512.html
Wikipedia has a list of United States military conflicts, since our inception (it’s long), and very few have been officially declared war.
I’m imagining Russia and any other state operated on similar bases, but obviously an not positive. And right now I cba ti ho digging, as I’ve other things to sort. Maybe I will if I have time and remember. Or maybe anyone else will.
Yeah, that’s why. In all contexts but one, this is a war. It’s only in the context of the Russian state, as a sovereign state with a body of law, that it’s an SMO.
No one disagrees that the Korean War was a war, but in the context of the US government & law at the time, it was a police action.
