It's to reduce chance of friendly fire. Ukraine and Russia have largely the same equipment, inherited from the Soviet Union, so it's not easy to tell them apart at a glance.
Yeah, you're not wrong. They're playing by the Nazi cookbook every step of the way. So much unnecessary bloodshed, and they're causing it in their own country. Tragic and evil.
It's to reduce chance of friendly fire. Ukraine and Russia have largely the same equipment, inherited from the Soviet Union, so it's not easy to tell them apart at a glance.
They could do that, but then
a) they risk getting blown up by their own forces (which are way less trained and organized than the Russians)
b) that would be a war crime under the Geneva convention, because they would be disguising themselves as enemy combatants.
Yeah, you're not wrong. They're playing by the Nazi cookbook every step of the way. So much unnecessary bloodshed, and they're causing it in their own country. Tragic and evil.