[Drew68]

Doesn't really cost anything but innocent Ukrainian lives, which hold no value to Putin or to Russia.

Civilians in the Donbas have been getting shelled for eight years now in events few Western media found newsworthy.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Shhh....Fox News only told them to be upset about this, not that. Never that.

[freeandfreezing]

Civilians in the Donbas have been getting shelled for eight years now in events few Western media found newsworthy.

You need to up your propaganda game. The claim that civilians have been shelled omits a couple of facts. First, most of the shells are fired by Russians against Ukrainian military groups and then the Ukrainians return fire.

Civilians on both sides get caught up in the fighting, none of which would be happening if Russia hadn't started the war in 2014 and continuously pursued it.