‘Double-tap’ attack. Understanding one of Russia’s cruelest tactics in Ukraine
Hitting a building, waiting for first responders and the media to arrive, and hitting the same place again to target those who came to put out the fire, help the victims, or document a potential war crime is a well-honed tool of Russia in its wars. This ruthless and illegal
@ukrdef Ruthless, illegal and an imitation of a pattern of use set by the US drone program, which began during Bush, expanded under Obama, and expanded even further under Trump (while transparency even further diminished).
But there are many legal scholars who will straightforwardly affirm that President Obama is likely guilty of war crimes for his use of double tap drone strikes: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol69/iss1/7/
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