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To me that says no.
There was no civilian aid symbology as far as we know, no UN, etc. Russia probably wouldn't allow them in anyway.
So TL;DR, no, this is legitimate deception, as long as it's not coming from anything that pretends to be humanitarian aid or other protected status
The only potentially war-crime part is making Russian civilians unwitting accomplices and potential targets.
That's no war-crime. That is Kremlin against their own people (murder is not war crime..)
I am not a lawyer, and doubly so when it comes to international law. But what Ukraine was doing in these operations might, might constitute a war crime, since this is transporting materiel and launching an attack from trucks that are driven by enemy civilians. That's pretty close to a human shield. I am not sure if trickery, as opposed to coercion, makes a difference when it comes to these things, and also, for them to be human shields someone has to figure out there's a target there in the first place.
When Russia is, y'know, just straight up using human shields: https://lieber.westpoint.edu/weaponizing-civilians-human-shields-ukraine/
I'm not saying this to demean the operation, it was brilliant. But international law is complicated, so I'm sure there's some war crimes to be found when you dig deep enough.
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