The regime is bragging about using the Oreshnik, but that makes the legal issue worse, not better.
Oreshnik is an IRBM/MRV-style strategic missile. Analysts have noted that its observed accuracy is closer to what is acceptable for a nuclear delivery system, not a conventional precision strike weapon. Its reentry vehicles/submunitions appear to create an area-effect strike, not a clean hit on one military target. Reuters reported that the accuracy seen in the 2024 Dnipro strike fit nuclear-use requirements, not conventional use.
Using that kind of weapon near a dense city like Kyiv is exactly why international law bans indiscriminate attacks: if the weapon cannot reliably be limited to a specific military objective, “we targeted infrastructure” is not a legal excuse.
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China bears a large share of the responsibility for Russia’s atrocities.
We should already be demanding that China pay reparations for every Russian attack, even if they will not do so.
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I ate at a McDonalds there 12 hrs before the attack. Damn swine.
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Trump and his effeminate sidekick Vance approve of this.
They prefer democratic Putin to dictator Zelenskyy.
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Ukraine needs credible long-range deterrence including weapons of mass destruction capable of striking St. Petersburg and Moscow to counter the Potaohead orc leader and the Russian regime’s aggression. Russians living abroad should inform their compatriots back home about the collective responsibility they indirectly share for the consequences of their government’s actions.
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The regime is bragging about using the Oreshnik, but that makes the legal issue worse, not better.
Oreshnik is an IRBM/MRV-style strategic missile. Analysts have noted that its observed accuracy is closer to what is acceptable for a nuclear delivery system, not a conventional precision strike weapon. Its reentry vehicles/submunitions appear to create an area-effect strike, not a clean hit on one military target. Reuters reported that the accuracy seen in the 2024 Dnipro strike fit nuclear-use requirements, not conventional use.
Using that kind of weapon near a dense city like Kyiv is exactly why international law bans indiscriminate attacks: if the weapon cannot reliably be limited to a specific military objective, “we targeted infrastructure” is not a legal excuse.
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China bears a large share of the responsibility for Russia’s atrocities.
We should already be demanding that China pay reparations for every Russian attack, even if they will not do so.
I ate at a McDonalds there 12 hrs before the attack. Damn swine.
Trump and his effeminate sidekick Vance approve of this.
They prefer democratic Putin to dictator Zelenskyy.
Ukraine needs credible long-range deterrence including weapons of mass destruction capable of striking St. Petersburg and Moscow to counter the Potaohead orc leader and the Russian regime’s aggression. Russians living abroad should inform their compatriots back home about the collective responsibility they indirectly share for the consequences of their government’s actions.