It is just like the continuous pattern repetition on the post, people speaking of the issues in the Donbas, as if Putin could care at all about the actual people living in there and if they could, if ever given a honestly free choice - not like the "referendums" held, chose to join this or that country without any consequence.
Once Mariupol casualties are counted, it's likely that Putin will have killed more people in Donbas in a couple of months than there were conflict deaths during the prior 8 years.