Russia - threadbanned users in OP

If they are still shooting at you, they clearly aren't surrendering, it's a trap.

Usually when one country invades another without warning or provocation, it's the invading country that commits the vast bulk of the war crimes.

It would be a bit like accusing the Polish army of 'war crimes' against Nazis in September 1939 after they were brutally invaded by their neighbours and desperately attempting to defend their homeland.

Should be noted too that the Russian terrorist / mafia state has never actually declared war on Ukraine.

Fascinating to hear even Olga Skabayeva discussing the prospect of Russia losing and the regime ringleaders and propagandists being put on trial at The Hague:

Actually sights on an ak 74 are adjustments from 100 -1000m , most military forces train to shoot out to 600m +

You wouldn't be using a dmr with a acog ,you would want to a variable optic ,the acog is only 4x magnification, great for something like an M4 or similar assault rifle for short to midrange targets ,but for 600 m + you want something with better zoom and windage adjustments ,but for best part of a century military forces have trained to shoot 800m + with iron sights from 5.56 /223 to 7.62 /308 ,

Barrel length and type of bullets come into play a standard short barrel m4 you might struggle to reach out and touch someone compared to someone with an 7.62 AK , which aren't a very accurate rifle in the first place, mainly due to the poor positioning of the iron sights (to close to each other) for proper accuracy but with the right training and practice you can learn to be a effective shooter ,

Training is key

Did you read the OSCE reports from prior to the war highlighting the huge escalation in ceasefire violations? Did you listen to the interview? They talk about the shelling of donbas by Ukraine over many years prior to the war. Is that lies? I'm actually getting lost the two narratives are so different.

My father was a reasonably good shot. One time he bullseyed the target at 1000 yds, likely using the same Parker Hale peep sight I sold a few years ago. This wasn't uncommon for him, which is why everyone was puzzled when his second shot seemingly missed the target completely and why they kept looking. Then someone noticed that the original hole in the centre of the target was ever so slightly ovaled and so it turned out that the second bullet had actually gone through the hole made by the previous one. I believe he always used a borrowed Lee Enfield .303 from stores.

1000 yds is about 914m, so using WW2 vintage equipment, it is quite possible someone could hit those Orcs at 1200m, which is only one third the maximum range.

Russia can't claim self defence when it goes around sucker punching people, then gets its butt kicked in response.

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Any such events could not be classed as war crimes, as no such state of war existed between the countries.

Also, the Russian terrorist / mafia state's reasons for invading Ukraine seems to be hugely contradictory. Sometimes the invasion was because of Donbas, other times because of NATO expansion, other times because the mafia state wished to regain historical lost territory which had been ceded by the Soviet Union (ditto with the vox pops of the Russian public.....sometimes they don't even mention Donbas and give other reasons to justify Putin's war).