Not troops, the ones holed up are fascists from Azov battalion. And according to some rumors, high-level NATO officers. They will certainly stand trial for their crimes.

[–] GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The rumor about high level NATO officers has been circulating for a long time, but it has never been confirmed.

[–] guojing@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Right, it will be confirmed or refuted once everyone at Azovstal is taken prisoner. Should be soon.

[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Check out these pictures of Raqqa after US and NATO bomblngs freed them for democracy. 70-80% of buildings were destroyed. The "official" UN civilian death toll is listed as 4,118 but some estimates say the number could be 10x higher as the city lacks the resources to sift through the rubble. https://www.boredpanda.com/before-after-war-photos-aleppo-syria/?utm_source=duckduckgo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

That set of photos is of Aleppo, which was bombed out by Russia as part of the Battle of Aleppo, not the US or NATO. Also, NATO itself has had no involvement in Syria, just individual countries. That's not to say that Raqqa doesn't have its own problems, of course.

[–] asdfghjkl@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Defenders?

You mean, the pigs hiding in the catacombs in feat of being send to trials for their nazi war crimes?