One of the front page posts is a propaganda video of Russian soldiers giving Ukrainian POWs cigarettes and acting like that’s how Russia is officially conducting war

I think it is perfectly fair to point out, if it ends up being the case at the end, that if Russia can conduct war without the same level of humanitarian suffering as the US or all of the shit going on in Syria/Yemen that this level of human suffering is a political(more ideological even) choice and not a necessity or inevitability.

If the liberal democracies cared at all about their humanitarian concerns there are a dozen conflicts going on right now for them to try and do something about it.

However Russia will be put in the spotlight, so they are going to put on a show whenever they can. Genuine or not, political or not this is all a result of decades of humanitarian rethoric followed by absolutely zero action against US and allies war crimes.

Everything becomes a spectacle for all sides.