The ukrainians are just as merciless
The Ukrainians are dropping bombs from drones on people who are running away or hiding in trenches having already surrendered and started pleading for their lives. That's not war at that point. That is murder. No better than shooting a fleeing person in the back. I don't support what Russia is doing but you no longer get to claim victemhood when you are committing mass murder. Killing a fleeing soldier is murder any way you look at it shooting someone in the back is murder and an act of cowardice.