@GefreiterKania, you're spot on in your post #7,942.
Do you think Ukrainians (...) should be cut some slack for acts of revenge against uniformed russians in the light of russian atrocities in Ukraine?
No, I don't think so. I mean that the Ukrainian authorities and the chain of military command shouldn't be cutting them some slack. We can in the comfort of our armchairs, but they shouldn't. Because God knows how it would end. I'm sure there will be acts of revenge - it's inevitable after Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, etc. And I would understand if a father of a 6-year-old girl who was raped, tortured and murdered by Russian soldiers took revenge on the soldiers whom could be identified as the perpetrators. But Ukrainian soldiers shouldn't be taking revenge on random Russian soldiers. Judging by how many desertions we're hearing about and refusals to join the invasion there may by many Russians who don't want to be in Ukraine.
For example, I know of a Russian who lives in Canada and who has a brother in GRU Spetsnaz. She's against the invasion on Ukraine and so is her Spetsnaz brother. But he said he has to follow orders and he really didn't have a choice. However, he refuses to cause harm to civillians because he thinks it's just not morally right.
I think Ukrainian soldiers should differentiate between such soldiers and those Russian beasts from Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Mariupol, etc. Although I realise it won't be easy. And as for those beasts... I wouldn't blame the Ukrainians for not taking prisoners in that case... but... wouldn't it be better if they were brought in front of the Hague tribunal and judged like the Nazis in Nuremberg? I don't know, as Atch wrote - that's a tough one.
Executing a POW, even one accused of a war crime, without a proper trial by a military tribunal, is in itself a war crime
Yes, indeed. Also, I think it's better for Ukrainians to have a moral upper hand. It's better not only from the moral point of view, but also for practical reasons. Because of being the good guys Ukrainians have the sympathy and support of the world's public. And it's the public that's often pressuring their governments to help Ukraine (who should start helping more now, imho).
The difference is that those children were not being intentionally targeted like the ones in Ukraine are.
Exactly.