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?
If Ukraine’s government actually cared about its people, they would have evacuated their civilian population out of the west of the country within the first week of the conflict, they would have cleared out Kyiv before the Russians got there, etc. They wouldn’t be shooting at civilians at the border, either. To me, it looks like Ukraine WANTS to pin Russia for killing civilians.
as someone with family there, Russia is the one making it impossible to evacuate