Sounds like Tash is trying to defend the indefensible, very very few here are
buying it, the evidence from Ukraine and the 2,500,000 Ukrainians left with
nothing except what they wear and carry is far more damning of how Russia
have handled this than any propaganda supporting Russias claims.
the whole problem why this war is escalating is:
Ukranians are defending their corrupt government that commited a genocide. the defense of this government and them being able to lie about what happene, they do not want to search for proof, maybee the ukranians considered the russian speaking ukranians or the eastern ukranians never even as full citizens. (nazi regime)
that is exactly the issue, nato is even fueling it, they think if they somehow defeat russia they can destroy all Evidence about the genocide in Donbass, unfortunately thats not how the world works.
if nato would have handed over zelinski so putin could have prosecuted him over the genocide in donbass the war would have been over quickly maybe even without a single shot.
but instead they escalated the war.
this might even end up with the world having 2 United nations one backed by the USA and its Western Allies, and One Backed by Russia and China.
In 2-3 weeks, Ukrainians will proceed to the offensive, unless Putin brings another 300K army (Chinese or general draft) to Ukraine.
The pro-Russian gangs will be destroyed in Donbas, Luhansk, and Crimea areas.
The offensive to recapture temporarily occupied territories will probably take a couple of months, maybe more,
depending on the desire of Putin to sink Russia into economic depression.
With this barbaric aggression, Putin completely destroyed any support that he had from ethnic Russians in Ukraine.