Twenty-seven people were killed and 25 injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine

In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy did not address the attack but said that in a single day, Russia had shelled more than 100 cities, towns and villages in nine regions in Ukraine, and that the attacks in Donetsk region had been “particularly severe.”

Deflecting blame. Now this is an instance where saying whataboutism would be somewhat warranted.

Ukraine’s forces in the Tavria, or southern zone, said in a Facebook post that soldiers under its command were not responsible. “Donetsk is Ukraine!” it said. “Russia will have to answer for taking lives of Ukrainians.”

Russia is responsible for every death in the war, even when these deaths are caused by concious actions by the Ukrainian military. Ghoulish. Ukrainian higher-ups have no souls.

Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago, has voiced outrage in the past when Ukrainian attacks have killed civilians in Donetsk and other areas. Russia’s own campaign of air strikes and heavy shelling, however, has killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians.

“Ok, Ukraine is striking civilians but don’t you know that Russia has struck civilians too?”

Isn’t Ukraine supposed to be the good guys? A western outlet pointing at bad things Russia has done and going “since they do it Ukraine is allowed to do the same” is so on the nose it would be considered bad parody if it was.

The governor of the Ukrainian-controlled part of the region, Vadym Filashkin, said Russian attacks killed at least two people at two locations west of the city of Donetsk on Sunday.

Not to minimise deaths but, “only” 2?

Twenty-seven people were killed and 25 injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine

The fact that these peoples who like to smugly point at big numbers without verifying them to justify their position couldn’t come up with more shocking that 2 death to “counter” the 27 killed by Ukraine says a lot about who is targeting what, as is the fact that not only is Ukraine striking the very civilians they say they want to “liberate” from Russia, but it and it’s cohort of mediatic supporters are openly admiting that they are doing it. And, of course, pointing at civilian deaths to justify more civilian deaths is already ghoulish in and of itself.

Again, it’s a western outlet, Ukraine is supposed the good guys. Too on the nose to be parody I tell you.

“I call on everyone who remains in Donetsk: evacuate!” Filashkin said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.

Perfomatively tells peoples to evacuate, not even in a speach or on tv but on Telegram where most peoples won’t see it, so they can say “well, we warned them” when they start shelling just like Israel . The fact that a pro-Ukraine western outlet admits that is quite the self own. Again, Ukraine, good guys, beyond parody.

Overall, still a lot of cope , but the narrative has definitely shifted. We’ll see what will come of it.