• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    “Activist/volunteer” makes it sound like he’s distributing medicine or rescuing pets.

    He’s building drones to be used as weapons for the Ukrainian military.

    To be honest he is a legitimate military target just like a munitions factory on either side. This is actually an improvement over the usual Russian barbarism.

    I am glad he is okay and can keep helping the cause but the framing seems almost disingenuous.

    • pulido@lemmings.world
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      15 hours ago

      “Activist/volunteer” makes it sound like he’s distributing medicine or rescuing pets.

      Not really. I thought it meant he was just vocal in his opposition to the invasion.

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      1 day ago

      Whether he is a legitimate military target is disputable, because the whole war russia started is illegitimate. Although granted, at least he isn’t a medic or a child.

    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.ukOP
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      1 day ago

      Yeah only sources i can find reporting on this right now are ukraine ones so their description of him will be fairly warm.

      Still they’re not wrong. he is a volunteer, and he is an activist. Whether putting drones in the hands of the AFU makes him a legitimate target or not is largely moot. It’s a good thing he survived, and it’s a good thing a traitor failed and will rot in prison