Dave, its good to hear your testimony, but saying "I asked my friends and they said:..." isnt equal to "there is no X thing happening".
Tovi presented a video where few foreign mercenaries that also gave their own opinion on what they see/hear/think.
You think your friends are better than those guys at stating the truth?
I think DonNicko is the much closer to the truth: as you said Dave, you cant avoid idiots in the army, but I'm pretty sure there is a few "unruly groups" in your army that are known for being "over the top idiots". I dont know any other name than Azov battalion, now DonNicko add Aidar battalion. How many irregulars far-right extremists are used by Ukraine government? I dont know, but there is, and they arent fighting by the rules.
I think except those irregular extremists, and extreme nutcases, there must not be any direct civilian shooting, but what is sure is that everyone is more or less fighting in civilian areas and it always means casualties.
It is known that Ukraine already fired on the territory of Russia, I dont believe its useful to try to deny it, as much as Russia having fired onto Ukraine.
Pretty sure there is some "alleged foreign artillery fire" that are just baseless accusations too, its hard to tell who fires who when it comes from 10km away!
The scale of the military interference is still not precisely known, it seems its not big enough to expose to direct retaliation from one side or the other, but there is always the threat of escalation.
Add on top the information war, and then "what the hell is happening exactly" is what everyone ask first before clinging to their good old reflex of west VS east.
Please Tovi dont be irrespectful to Ukraine showing videos of people fighting against it and being happy about it.
Dave dont become angry on your keyboard its not useful.