The actual bill:
So, actually curious because I don’t know how this works, but wouldn’t this make all of them soldiers technically? If Russian soldiers kill civilians after this bill is passed (it’s already been passed), does that still count as a war crime?
It’s unclear to me if, even in war, Russia has the right to be able to tell civilians from combatants.
However, since this isn’t a war but a “special operation”, even that is irrelevant. The only thing Russia is allowed to do, per international law, is to shoot neither combatants nor civilians.