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Another reason is that many humanitarian organisations get out of the conflict zone pretty fast once their handlers' real antagonists come to the fore, notice how's no Red Cross or any such presence in the Donbass, to say nothing of the many countries in the Sahel and in Central Africa which have switched sides to the Russians and the Chinese.

As to why the West chooses to instrumentalise humanitarian organisations, that's another discussion.

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>notice how's no Red Cross or any such presence in the Donbass

"The Russian Red Cross (RKK), together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will provide assistance to internally displaced persons in Donbass"

https://www.emergency-live.com/news/the-other-side-of-the-fi...

>to say nothing of the many countries in the Sahel

Red Cross in Mali: https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/mali

Red Cross in Niger: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/operational-update-niger-mo...

Could you explain further?

Didn’t see any Red Cross thingies close to the battle-fronts, as in, putting themselves in harms’ way in order to save lives. I’m talking about Ukraine/Russia, which is the conflict I’ve followed closer. I’m convinced the same holds true about Niger and Mali, where they most probably enjoy diplomatic neo-colonial status close to the capital.

In other words, show me the Red Cross people who have lost their lives close to the lines of battle in the last 5-10-15 years and I’ll change my opinion. Otherwise, stuff like this just denotes laziness when it comes to investing in real IT security.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19173330 - Two Red Cross workers killed in Lebanon camp

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/10/5145078... - six killed in Afghanistan

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/two-red-cross-workers-k... - Two Red Cross workers killed in attack in western Mali

I think you might just not be well informed, combined with being too lazy to do a 2 minute web search "red cross workers killed".

I half expect you now to say "yeah, but it isn't that many people", which might be because it is a a WAR CRIME to kill Red Cross workers. Really, seriously smh.

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