I don't pay attention to what Patrick is saying but to what Ukrainians themselves are saying on his videos. Those people don't lie. At least in Donetsk and Mariupol he is showing something near the truth, not like the Western propaganda in which the only criminals are Russians. It's 50/50. He is only in Mariupol and Donetsk. He wasn't in, for example, Bucha. So, we'll have to wait for the end of the war to start to know the truth about all that, little by little. One thing is sure, Zelensky is not an angel and Putin is not a demon. It's 50/50.
I sure the Ukrainians are no angels as well - it's war . But they do seem much better disciplined . Russia has a pedigree for war crimes - treating their own troops badly as well.
It's hard to deny the flattening of towns and cities where Civilians are living - targeting of civilians .
Their will be war crime trials for rape, torture , summary executions of civilians and POW - they can decide .
Yeah Ukraine knows had to do great propaganda with lots of dog, cat and animal stories .
Yet evidence is mounting of Russia with a pre-plan to kill certain people and destroy the Ukrainian culture .
But there is one telling point - if Russia have never invaded in 2014 and now - none of this would have happened - they could use normal methods to improve the rights of ethnic Russians . They claim the same rubbish for Baltic States - ignoring the fact they have deliberately imported heaps of Russians in tothis places and Crimea etc - This tactic is very old . China does it with Tibet - go to Lhasha it's mainly Han now
For some in the Donbass who thought they could benefit by Russia - how is it working out for them ?- refused entry into Russia - had their wheat , machinery stolen - forced conscription , had their homes ransacked .
This is not a liberation it's a power and land grab .
Victors write the history - USA committed war crimes in Vietnam - but I don't believe it was top down for the most part - same as policing in the USA - a lot of bad examples and entrenched systematic failures - but what we see on the street is limited to localities and inertia from the top to make real changes - Yet I think Russia's tactics to bomb schools/hospitals is proven in Grozny, Syria, Ukraine etc - it comes from the top