So you think, what, any forcible annexation of a country is genocide because it has fighting? That’s not the definition. They aren’t exterminating Ukrainians, defined ethnically or nationally.
My east-ukrainian girlfriend almost exclusively spoke Russian. Up until now. She and her friends have been switching to Ukrainian because they feel their entire identity and culture is being threatened. And she's from the part of Ukraine that identifies the most with Russia.
He wants to remove Ukraine as a country, a nation, a people and a separate identity from "Russia" and "Russian".
Just a couple introductory links, and this is the soft stuff, it goes well beyond that:
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/putin-threatens-w...
- https://time.com/6150046/ukraine-statehood-russia-history-pu...
- https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/ukraine-history-fact-ch...
My east-ukrainian girlfriend almost exclusively spoke Russian. Up until now. She and her friends have been switching to Ukrainian because they feel their entire identity and culture is being threatened. And she's from the part of Ukraine that identifies the most with Russia.