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[Combat] A Ukrainian soldier of the 425th Assault Regiment tricked approaching Russian troops into believing he was one of them. (i.imgur.com)
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[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

It's not a war crime to shoot an enemy after they mistake you for their own. That's on them.

It would be a war crime if he feigned surrender (in which case they would have taken his weapon) or injury (which he clearly wasn't), or was wearing insignia indicating that he was russian (which we cannot conclude from this video). Regarding the last point, it seems highly unlikely that a single Ukraine soldier would be sent alone behind enemy lines with russian insignia in the hope that something like this would happen.

There was a report on this: Appears the guy was part of an assault and lost contact with his unit. These russians messed up bad (the Ukrainian was likely fluent in russian) and got killed for it. That's what happens in war. When you mess up, you're liable to get killed for it. There's no law of warfare preventing the enemy for exploiting your mistakes.