Are we so brainwashed we support local censorship but condemn Russians for doing the same? Are we so brainwashed we call Putin's acts inhumane but we support hatred against average Russians who have nothing to do with this? I have no idea. One thing is sure, we are being lied one way or another. Orwell was right. We are currently living in his world without a doubt. If someone has a contradictory argument, please come up and write it down. I am really too confused by what is going on to understand what is good and bad anymore.
You've fallen into the trap of false equivalence.
Putin's regime attacked an independent country, lied about "military exercises" / no intention to attack Ukraine / "special operation" / not targeting civilians; threatened with nuclear weapons; persecutes, beats up, arrests people for merely saying "no to war", and that's just off the top of my head for the last couple of weeks.
Ukrainian government possibly lied about their losses in the war.
Same thing?
Surely some kremlintroll will be around soon to tell me that some Ukrainian lied about something else too. Also the US invaded countries. Et cetera. Whataboutism is a favorite tool of Soviet propaganda, very easy to use and quite effective on a mass scale.
Then there is this whole "average Russians" thing. I don't know who's telling you to hate them but you definitely shouldn't. Average Russians are victims of the regime too.