Your claim that “….many thousands of Russian speaking Ukranians were harmed and killed” is unsubstantiated is unsubstantiated.

A cursory look at Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War) shows that around 14000 people (fighters and civilians) were killed between 2014 and 2022. Anid if you think Wiki can tell all sorts of lies check out citation [10] from the UNHRC here: https://ukraine.un.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Conflict-related%20civilian%20casualties%20as%20of%2031%20December%202021%20%28rev%2027%20January%202022%29%20corr%20EN_0.pdf

Very well said Malcolm

And would you believe it Russia has the very same law proscribing the use of foreign words even, (let alone whole statements), in official documents.

https://www.rt.com/russia/571949-russia-limit-use-foreign-words/

And France as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toubon_Law#:~:text=The%20Toubon%20Law%20(full%20name,in%20some%20other%20commercial%20communication

Maybe Francesca you think banning foreign language use in official government statements and documents are an excuse for invasion and war, but most sane people don’t, and recognise this bullshit for what it is. A poor excuse to conduct a predatory war of imperial aggression and conquest.

One Mayor was fined for not using Ukraine in official government documents.

A bit of a step down from Martyn Bradbury’s extraordinary but unsubstantiated claim made in his post above that;

“….many thousands of Russian speaking Ukranians were harmed and killed”

Russian False Flags Comically easy to debunk

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/21/five-russian-false-flags-comically-easy-debunk/

Yeah, its absolutely fine to speak Russian
https://thepressunited.com/updates/ukrainian-mayor-fined-again-for-using-russian/

Supporters of Russia’s war against Ukraine use euphemisms to sanitise what the Russians are doing in Ukraine.

Russia is not fighting a war against Ukraine, – Russia is conducting a “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine”.
People aren’t being killed by Russian forces in Ukraine, – they are being ‘destroyed’ by “events” in Ukraine.

Makes me wonder Malcolm, the next time the Zionist forces bomb Gaza, will you be saying Palestinians were ‘destroyed’ by ‘events’ in Gaza.

In just 9 days in 2014 , Ukrainian forces killed 16 civilians in the Rebel Donbas
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/07/24/ukraine-unguided-rockets-killing-civilians
But nothing to see here eh Pat
The Ukrainians are beyond reproach, corruption a minor hiccup ,burning of Russian Ukrainians in Odessa by Ukrainian nationalists likely crisis actors.And no one has been prosecuted …so most likely didnt happen , eh Pat?

Simple