The war crimes in Mariupol were committed by the Azov regiment and Ukrainian nationalists, who used civilians as human shields and killed those that tried to escape.
There are plenty of videos of interviews with civilians that have said so.
You and those putting out these lies are disgrace to humanity.
There are also plenty of videos from Russian refugees in Europe who scoff at this and point out if it was so bad for their ethnic group,
1. Why didn’t they flee into Russia at any time in the 8 years when they could easily have done so?
2. Why did they flee WEST when the Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine?
We’ve got 2 million refugees EASY who are Russian speakers, spread across Europe, saying one thing. Maybe half of them ONLY speak Russian. Nobody’s holding a gun to their heads. They can speak completely freely.
By contrast you’ve got a few hundred Tiktok Army videos and posts on Telegram with people saying the polar opposite, while Russians with guns hover nearby.
And sure, there are videos of Nice Russians playing with kids and feeding pets. Just as there are similar videos of Azov guys doing the same.
Either it proves there are good guys in both camps, or it proves nothing.
I’ve got one Russian refugee living here, who doesn’t speak Uke. Got out of Dodge when the Chechen Islamonazis and Wagner nazis showed up. Wasn’t sufficiently bothered by Azov in eight years to even move town.
The other refugee here is from the Ukrainian midwest, and is bilingual.
They’re an engaged couple. Been together since high school.
Why’s he here? He didn’t want her raped or killed by Russia’s sponsored orcs just for being a Uke, and didn’t fancy taking a Russian purity test before being conscripted into an orc army.
There’s truth in the old adage, whenever Russia complains about the nasty thing someone else us about to do to them, it’s a deflection because they’re about to do it themselves.
Which is why people are so worried about nukes. Not the comical rants about destroying all of the United Kingdom, we think that’s lame. No, what bothers us is the “west is going to nuke us” talk because that’s Russkie for “we’re seriously considering a pre-emptive strike.”