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They're fighting for their own existence. Russia has killed, enslaved, and/or tortured most of the citizens of the regions it's already captured, and replaced them with ethnic Russians.

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I think "killed, enslaved, and/or tortured most of the citizens of the regions it's already captured" is an exaggeration. That is not to deny Russian war crimes, which are clearly large-scale and horrendous. But I don't think the majority of people in those regions have been killed or enslaved.

I'm a big supporter of Ukraine and have donated to the war effort and hosted Ukrainian refugees.

What happen to Bucha and Mariupol? Why did they get wiped off the map? Was it a tsunami?

Do you believe that the majority of inhabitants even of Mariupol have been killed, tortured or enslaved? If so, could you point me to a source for that? Wikipedia reports its population has dropped from about 425K to an estimated 120K, but reports an estimate that 200K people fled; they report a high-end estimate of 25K people killed during the 2022 siege itself.

What happened to 105K people even using your numbers?

Why is the satellite imagery just huge piles of rubble?

It sounds like we agree that Russian war crimes were vast, but that even in Mariupol, a majority of inhabitants were not killed or enslaved.

I’m not sure why you are combative about this. Do you think any form of moderation or precision in language is surrender to the enemy?

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