That's actual disgusting. I do wish some pretty nasty things to said drone operator.
For what? For defending his home, his people, his children, his parents from murderers and occupiers who came to a foreign land to kill, rob, rape, destroy? To bring grief to foreign families on a foreign land for the sake of money and without declaring war? And then, when the murderers get what they deserve, you feel sorry for them? The murderer went there himself, no one called him to a foreign land to kill. And yes, he could have surrendered (I saw many videos where Russian Armed Forces soldiers asked drone operators not to kill them and to take them prisoner, and they were indeed taken prisoner), BUT HE DIDN'T. He just sits there with no visible signs of surrender. And even if his drone operator had spared him, this soldier would have taken up arms again and killed the drone operator's brother-in-arms
...he could have surrendered, BUT HE DIDN'T. He just sits there with no visible signs of surrender...
There may be a problem with how to surrender, since the drone could easily fly over the frontline for several kilometers. However, drone operators at least see what they are doing and it's much more ethical than infrastracture bombing with iskanders where operators could kill hundrends of civilians and only know that postfactum. In the link you can see that drone operator actually didn't kill him instantly and considered what to do.
...no one called him to a foreign land to kill...
To be fair there was a partial mobilization in Russia. This does not change the fact that it was possible to evade service, desert, or surrender, but the fact that some people are being forced to take up arms should not be denied.
There may be a problem with how to surrender, since the drone could easily fly over the frontline for several kilometers. However, drone operators at least see what they are doing and it's much more ethical than infrastracture bombing with iskanders where operators could kill hundrends of civilians and only know that postfactum. In the link you can see that drone operator actually didn't kill him instantly and considered what to do.
To be fair there was a partial mobilization in Russia. This does not change the fact that it was possible to evade service, desert, or surrender, but the fact that some people are being forced to take up arms should not be denied.
https://fb.watch/Aa95KXQ1Fi/?mibextid=z4kJoQ I think the opposite, the drone operator gave the Russian Armed Forces soldier a chance to surrender, but the Russian Armed Forces soldier ignored it
https://fb.watch/Aa95KXQ1Fi/?mibextid=z4kJoQ I think the opposite, the drone operator gave the Russian Armed Forces soldier a chance to surrender, but the Russian Armed Forces soldier ignored it
People react differently to distress; Some fight, some flee, and some freeze; High anxiety levels or chronic stress can overwhelm the brain’s threat response, locking the person in a state of paralysis. Situations where relief from stressors is impossible to achieve can trigger freezing in an attempt to conserve energy and avoid escalation. It can help prevent panic, leading to a cognitive pause where decision-making stalls. He was likely in the midst of a developing PTSD—assuming he didn’t already have it.
I can’t read the minds of dead men, but I believe it would be reasonable to consider the possibility that the man was unable to resist or surrender. He likely couldn’t act at all as his mind rendered itself inert.
