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I've seen a few videos of citizens lining up for weapons, and IMO, the troubling thing is the lack of uniforms. If Russians can't tell the difference between civilians and combatants, everyone becomes a target.

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‘Legally?’ Nope. But that is literally how every invasion ends up until the population is ‘pacified’. It’s why guerilla war works so well too.

The invaders/gov’t can’t tell who is actually an adversary until it is late, and attempts to guess always kill innocent civilians which just draws more anger and hate from the local population and creates more rebels/guerillas.

This is why people say ‘war is hell - because it is.

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/02/26/world/26ukraine-b...

Yellow armbands seem to be the militia indicator.

> Yellow armbands seem to be the militia indicator.

Not just militia, both sides have the same uniforms and helmets.

Perhaps the German offer of helmets wasn't as useless as it seemed.

Russia is already attacking hospitals and apartment buildings. The time has passed for that little problem.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SkyNews/status/149751474738575769...

It's not clear if it helps in the long run, it probably does but a lot of friendly fire should be expected. Just recent example where Ukrainian anti aircraft units were taken for Russians and killed in Kyiv (the one where strela 10 vehicle collided with a car under fire) shows the danger.

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