Also all the Ukrainians governments since 1991 have been democratically elected. Including the both parliamentary interim governments, the first one back in 1991 with the vote by the Supreme Soviet that just turned into the Rada.

And, as to speak of the parliament, the Ukrainians never even destroyed their parliament with tanks. Unlike the Russians in 1993. When the Russians killed hundreds (officially) or thousands (estimate) of their fellow Russians in central Moscow, in just 2 days that didn't even involve almost any actual fighting, just chaotic slaughter of mostly bystanders - people randomly machine gunned in the streets. Very and typically Russian. Which is how a coup looks like (the tanks), and was the second in Moscow in 2 years.

Also 92% have voted for the Ukrainian independence from Moscow in 1991 (with 84% of voters taking part in the referendum). The "yes" voters included the majority of the ethnic Russians. Since you suddenly care about democracy so much, and for the will of the Russian minority (who in a large part are descendants of the colonialists who have replaced the millions of Ukrainians systematically exterminated by the Soviets).

As always, don't be shy and tell me how much do you like these facts, and should Putin mention any of it.

don't murder thousands of Russians

Which didn't happen, so why do you talk about this being a "problem" in this case?

All of civilian death tolll from all causes among all populations, including 298 who fell from MH17, totalled only over 3,300 in nearly 8 years.

Almost all of these during the heavy fighting in 2014-2015 when both sides used artillery extensively, and then almost no one afterwards when it was just low level warfare in the WWI style trenches dug in the long depopulated areas (sniper activity, ATGM strikes, mortar and occasional arty fire directed on each other trenches, vehicles, bases).

Most civ deaths on both sides after 2015 were just from old mines and unexploded ordnance. And even these were as low as 1 or 2 a month during the last few years, because there's been clearance during the previous years.

But since the Special Operation began only a month and half ago, it's very likely there's been thousands of dead civs in just Mariupol city. Many of them ethnic Russians, too.

In Grozny 1994-1995, the Russians actually killed mostly ethnic Russians (and mostly elderly, too). Many thousands of them, and disproportionately to their share in the population of Chechnya. Today, practically no Russians (or Christians) reside in Putin's Chechnya, other than soldiers strictly confined to their bases. They ethnically cleansed themselves in absolute terms and then declared it a great victory.