There is then perhaps not enough discussion about certain aspects of the invasion and public justification by Putin and rhetoric in Russian media. It is clear

There is then perhaps not enough discussion about certain aspects of the invasion and public justification by Putin and rhetoric in Russian media. It is clear that the main reason behind the invasion is to take control over Ukrainian land and natural resources (especially oil and natural gas that was discovered in 2012). This is clearly an imperialist ambition, but by itself does not make this invasion a genocide. What makes it genocide is the plan how to solve the Ukrainian question, that is, what to do with the people who oppose Russian invasion in Ukraine and do not accept that Ukraine will become Russian territory. So far 5 parliaments (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Canada) have declared Russian actions in Ukraine as genocide. If you think that these parliaments are too much politically motivated, then here is one independent legal analysis https://newlinesinstitute.org/russia/an-independent-legal-analysis-of-the-russian-federations-breaches-of-the-genocide-convention-in-ukraine-and-the-duty-to-prevent/ https://newlinesinstitute.org/russia/an-independent-legal-an... Historian and holocaust researcher Timothy Snyder has written about the topic on multiple occasions. The following was written after Russian state news agency RIA Novosti published an article about "Ukrainian question" just after revelation of the Bucha massacre: https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-genocide-handbook https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-genocide-handbook This writing helps to understand the ideology behind these actions and justifications: https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-easter-offensive https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-easter-offensive Here is a video in Russian (switch on subtitles) that helps to put everything into better context https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRUepc-7VQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRUepc-7VQ