Vladimir Putin copies Israeli and US lame excuses for bombing civilians. To do so is still a war crime even if what he says were true, which it isn't. In Krivy Roh, he is defending a bombing of five residential buildings and a playground full of children.

https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/21/putin-admits-that-russia-attacks-civilian-targets-in-ukraine-accuses-kyiv-regime-of-using-human-shields