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Genocide != Civilian casualties. Genocide is about the extermination of a people.

Anders Puck Nielsen just made a good video on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9n77DPJ7AE



> Genocide is about the extermination of a people.

Thus resulting a lot of civ casualties. If it's genocide is for ever up to debate. Civ casualties are usually not that debatable. Without a large number (%) of civ deaths in some place there cannot be a genocide.


It can still be genocide without murder. Things like preventing childbirth or deporting/stealing children (like what Putin is wanted for) also fall under genocide.

For the most part "mass murder" and "genocide" have a lot of overlap. But it's not the same crime.




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