this is false
There are plenty of Ukrainians - including those whose parents came from Russia but who were born and lived in Ukraine - who are fighting Putin's army
Also "given history in Donbas" -- don't look only at the Russian propaganda. There were 14000 killed in the fighting over 8 years as per TASS, but out of those 3,500 were civilians, not the entire 14K
And this was not "killing for propaganda purposes", unlike Putin's army in Bucha etc.
Say what you want. But note that I don’t even blame Ukraine for what they do to Ethnic Russians.
Given that Ukraine is under invasion, and the World Media is PERFECTLY HAPPY to lie non-stop about events, any reasonable leader would take advantage of that situation and send innocent people (particularly the ones they don’t like in the first place) to their deaths for propaganda purposes.
My problem is mainly with THE MEDIA, which is why I never bitched about Zelensky shutting down opposition parties (or opposition media, for that matter), since he is fighting a war for survival and it’s reasonable to use every tool available and get rid of entities that are in his way of that fight.
This is just a repeat of how Bill Clinton got away with his war crimes in Serbia - nothing new. And you guys be warned over there - elect the wrong leader, and the World Media will also make life very difficult for you. In fact, that may happen anyway, since you guys weren’t exactly media darlings due to your resistance to the EU Re-Population plan (and probably the grooming of kids, but I’m not sure about that). If this war ends in a way that Ukraine is out of the headlines, don’t forget, your government is Media Target Number 2, right after Hungary. The EU has no room for leaders who put their country first.