Well, that’s just delusional then.
Even in the Donbas, Ukraine’s strategy has been to terrify any additional cities or towns from joining the secession movement; there’s no way they could ever govern the Donbas again. Their tactics make Gen. Sherman look like he was trying to “win the hearts and minds of the people” of Georgia.
I think there was/is enough indiscriminate shelling going on in Donbass to make both parties guilty of same. Motorized infantry. Tanks. Self-propelled arty. Leaves civilians little time to evacuate. Hence, quite a number killed/wounded on both sides. And many of the wounds are quite horrific. And will continue to be.