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But Ukraine is under martial law. Wouldn't that effectively mean every civilian would be treated as military?
by drKarl 5y ago
But Ukraine is under martial law. Wouldn't that effectively mean every civilian would be treated as military?
- pbourke 5y agoNo, that just means that the military can take over civilian functions (law enforcement) and certain rights are suspended (curfew, habeus corpus, etc). It does not classify civilians as soldiers. I’m not sure how it works with “territorial defenders” aka militias. Probably a gray area.
- webmaven 5y agoThat would imply that Russians are justified in treating all civilians as enemy combatants.