Either That Local Commander Is Operating Outside Of Chain-of-Command.

So is about to be detained by his own troops.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-russian-aerial-bomb-hits-shelter-in-makeshift-hospital-at-besieged-azovstal-steelworks-in-mariupol-ukrainian-commander-says-12600822

Or the Ukrainian Chain-of-Command systematically uses civilians as human shields.

Making it an illegal armed group.

And anyone gives it material or moral support an unlawful combatant.

https://news.sky.com/story/russian-invasion-british-man-scott-sibley-killed-in-ukraine-and-another-briton-missing-12600851