Whataboutism doesn't change the negative consequences of distortions from those on the receiving end of enemy information operations.
Again, this is not a Russia endorsement but, for example, it seems that the world is turned off in conflicts such as the war between Israel and Hamas where the focus is extremely narrow.
Not only that, but they were just trying to reframe it to be more objective in perspective than singling out a single state actor's actions to fit whatever presented narrative.