Mark<p>Can civilian areas ever be legitimate military targets?</p><p>April 13 marked <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s deadliest attack on city of Sumy, killing 35 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> & injuring nearly 120</p><p>As locals flocked to the city center on morning of Palm Sunday, Russia launched 2 ballistic <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/missiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>missiles</span></a> in what is known as double-tap attack. The 2nd missile, fired minutes after the 1st one, was armed with cluster <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/munitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>munitions</span></a> – used to inflict greater civilian devastation</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/can-civilian-areas-ever-be-legitimate-military-targets-we-asked-an-expert/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/can-civili</span><span class="invisible">an-areas-ever-be-legitimate-military-targets-we-asked-an-expert/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DoubleTab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleTab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>