Can there be "prisoners of war" if there is no "war"?

It doesn't matter if war is declared or not if a POW has clear combatant status such as uniforms, dogtags, flags, military ID then he's lawful

you're only entitled to pow status under the conventions if you're present in the military operations area as a soldier, if you're there on your own account, as a criminal, engaging in brigandage, you're a common criminal no matter what you're wearing

you seem very sure in your sources of information.
which outs you as a complete retard or shill
bad look either way

>Z
>Literally "Z"og army
How can you sheep be so blind.

It was revealed to me in a dream

Screencap this.
The Ukrainian army will never even be investigated for the possible war crimes they've committed (they might have, might not have, it doesn't really matter).
The rhetoric to justify not investigating will be this, in some elaborate form
>War was illegal
>Russians had no reason to be there
>Geneva convention applies only when the war is legal
>Sorry, not sorry, they shouldn't have invaded in the first place
>Ukraine didn't commit any war crime anyway, so the investigation would be pointless
>Loop that shit to justify the last statement

>Ukrainians and butt hurt belters be like

That's not true at all but okay, according to you a soldier who gets lost and is then captured alone would be treated as a bandit which is ridiculous

deserters who form looting gangs do not get pow protections

>revokes part of the Geneva convention that specifically forbids Russia's favourite tactics like going in without insignias, bombing civilian infrastructure and civilians themselves
>expect to be treated according to the laws of war without ever actually declaring war
Not gonna happen chief.
They invaded in 2014 without insignias, didn't declare war now or back then and are using DNP/LNR guys who at best can be classified as terrorists it is quite difficult to ascribe anything but war crimes to Russia and quite difficult to establish any case against Ukraine.