re: Ukrainians Shooting Russian POWs in the Legs.

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Honestly, an argument could be made that the Ukrainians though they were being merciful with a leg shot, but failed to realize how devastating the damage would be. We don’t know if these are professional soldiers, but I would bet they are militia or conscripts. If they wanted to murder them, a shot to the head would have done it.

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I would almost buy that argument, except for the fact that they were being interrogated. Being blasted in the legs during interrogation is more in line of torture, not so much mercy.

Considering there are no medics and shots were placed randomly from Ak47, I'd say it's as good as a lethal shot. Just slow death.