it was chemical facility belonging to Ukroboronservice in Hrechany Khmelnytskyi region. It is the world largest facility for destruction of expired conventional munitions.
Legally, if Russia is a belligerent in an armed conflict, a Russian citizen participating in the conflict will not be considered a mercenary.
That is also my source, and article 47 says that if Russia is a belligerent in an armed conflict (which it is here), then Russian citizens are never mercenaries in that conflict. They fail condition ”d”.
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I dont think any modern armed forces plan for a static war like the one Ukraine and Russia are fighting. If Ukraine is able to grind down russian forces using trench lines, ATGMs and Manpads, Russia conventionally attacking any NATO member would be complete madness.Why Europe needs thousands of howitzers/artillery systems as Ukraine and Russia have... You can lose hundreds in a week.
Russia loses 48 artillery systems in two days: Ukraine
The war in Ukraine "has become an artillery war," the U.S.-based Center for International and Strategic Studies said earlier this year.
And have ammo already made for a 5 year war. Reserve ammo in tens of thousands of small ammo depots to supersaturate targets. The rest stored by the units, spread out. Since 2018 I have been warning about large depots on this forum. They are sitting targets.
The vulnerability of howitzers to counter-fire and precision strikes, also pushes the need to have tens of thousands of artillery or more to supersaturate the enemy with too many targets. Targets that are cheaper to make... these are mortars. Mortars also give you an advantage with high angle, trench penetrators.
