Since, in undisguised anticipation of the “new Kremlin chairs”, the criminal “Crimean speaker” Vladimir Konstantinov switched to the mode of non-stop propaganda “stream of consciousness,” his active participation in the aggressor’s campaign regarding the “Il-76”, that crashed on January 24 in the Belgorod Region was no longer amazing.
In promoting hysteria about the alleged “plan” of “infernal forces” to “kill Ukrainian prisoners of war”, Konstantinov, like his Kremlin “worst friends”, as is traditionally the case with an aggressor, in pursuit of a momentary propaganda “task”, are actually engaged in self-incrimination.
As professor Borys Babin qualified all hypothetical versions of events in connection with the fallen “Il-76”, if there were no prisoners of war on board, then the aggressor and his “authorized persons” violated the requirements of the III Geneva Convention prohibiting reprisals and hostage-taking. If prisoners of war were on board, then Russia violated Articles 19, 23 and 24 of the III Geneva Convention for the safety of prisoners, as well as the requirements of international law for participation in the exchange of an intermediary state.
If the prisoners of war were on board along with the aggressor’s army cargo, then in addition to hostage-taking, the war crime of the Russian agents also consists of treachery, the ARC’s expert added.
At the same time, Borys Babin pointed out the likelihood of similar provocations of the aggressor in the occupied territory, and since the aggressor holds prisoners of war in Sevastopol, the requirements for the ICRC should be strengthened regarding the performance of its duties in this area in accordance with international humanitarian law.
