The Novaya Kakhovka dam has been destroyed by Ukraine. Yes it is a war crime…

However, attacks on dams raise complex international humanitarian law (IHL) issues. The rules governing them depend on the characterization of the conflict as international or non-international and whether the 1977 Additional Protocols I and II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions bind the attacking force.

https://lieber.westpoint.edu/attacking-dams-part-i-customary-international-law/

Part I of this series examines the customary international law governing dam attacks.

📹 Above, Footage has appeared online allegedly showing the consequence of shelling on the Novaya Kakhovka HPP

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I say it is a war crime…

USA did the same in Syria…

Hmm…

WtR

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