I believe most of these people are not being killed when they beg like this. Nonetheless, the rules of war should try to preserve dignity in death. It needs to be codified at least, even if it’s violated, and perhaps some future generation will litigate the sin.
The brutality of this war probably hasn’t all gotten out.
The AFU suggested that they see maybe a 40-60% kill rate -- "kill" as in hit and damage; casualty rate -- from drones.
so you're only seeing the 40% that actually do anything, and of those, the ones that can be released, both for OPSEC, as well as simple logistics like having enough bandwidth to upload or time to edit.
You can't surrender to a UAV that doesn't have the battery to follow you back to the opposition's lines.
The same logistical challenge exists if you’re captured by an injured person.
Or if one guy has 93 prisoners to manage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major
This is precisely my point.
We are not gonna get a new Geneva Convention banning drones.