If Ukraine murdered civilians of a specific ethnicity indiscriminately
Not so hypothetical.
- Human Rights Watch, 2014: Ukraine: Unguided Rockets Killing Civilians
- The Guardian, 2014: Cluster bombs used in eastern Ukraine, says human rights group
- BBC, 2014: Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict
- Atlantic Council, 2016: Europe’s Forgotten War: Fighting in the Donbas Has Never Stopped
- The Hill, 2017: The reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is far from Kremlin propaganda
- The Guardian, 2017: 'I want to bring up a warrior': Ukraine's far-right children's camp – video
- WaPo, 2018: The war in Ukraine is more devastating than you know
- Reuters, 2018: Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem
- UN, 2018: As Civilians Bear Brunt of Four-year-old Conflict in Ukraine, Continued Ceasefire Violations Test Credibility of Global Community, Officials Warn Security Council
- openDemocracy, 2019: Why Ukraine’s new language law will have long-term consequences
- The Nation, 2019: Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine

Yeah… that’s not what happened at all. What happened was the Western capitalist neocolonial plundering of the post-Soviet states through neoliberal shock therapy. And that’s why the US especially hates Putin: he kicked the plunderers out of Russia, interrupting their plundering.