I've called out whataboutism here before and I'll do it again here. It offers no solutions, only deflections and tarpits of inaction.
No one is saying any of those atrocities that occurred were defensible, least of all me.
But I am deeply concerned by the defense of an imperial power in its twilight that believes invasion in the 21st century is a sound method for solving disputes. Russia is the aggressor here. Apologies are not needed for its behavior or appropriate when Mariupol has been turned into a new Grozny and Odessa is next.
No one is saying any of those atrocities that occurred were defensible, least of all me.
But I am deeply concerned by the defense of an imperial power in its twilight that believes invasion in the 21st century is a sound method for solving disputes. Russia is the aggressor here. Apologies are not needed for its behavior or appropriate when Mariupol has been turned into a new Grozny and Odessa is next.