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Russian military using 'Red Cross' ambulances to hone brutal ambush techniques
Russian special forces are using "Red Cross" flagged ambulances to practise brutal ambush techniques.In what is a breach of the Geneva Convention, naval commandos in Moscow were spotted using medical wagons as a ruse to kill imaginary enemy miles six miles from their border with Norway.It has sparked fury among western military experts, with one ex-Army commander telling the Daily Mirror: "It is an horrific ruse beyond belief."If Russian forces are using ambulances carrying Red Cross or Red Crescent insignia it is an inhuman betrayal of the sanctity of all laws covering armed conflict."The former British defence attache to Afghanistan, retired British Army Colonel Simon Diggins, told the Daily Mirror: “War is bloody and it is awful.
