So we are not to heed of what Putin has actually said about Ukraine? I understand your reluctance to address Putin’s statements as they reveal that he has long wanted to annex Ukraine.
As for Ukrainians calling Russians “orcs,” perhaps they would have a more benevolent opinion if Russia didn’t invade and try to take over and exterminate their country.
“Invade”
You mean “invade” like the US did in Iraq and Afghanistan?
“Invade” is a Western/US/EU/UK/NATO talking point, that is it.
It runs contrary to other facts that the four Donbass regions ASKED Russia to INTERVENE on their behalf given the constant Kyiv Regime’s offensives to exterminate Russian speaking Ukrainians and ethnic Russians Ukrainians in those four regions since 2014.
It’s nothing more than word semantics.