as it turns out, the exact opposite is true. attempting to erase a people (as in "the Ukrainian people") is a pretty common aspect of genocide, and includes forcibly destroying their identity as a unique people
>Prematurely calling it a genocide just makes people stop listening to you.
then it is good that nobody has done so prematurely, as people have not stopped listening (unless you personally constitute "people" ;)
for more examples of the genocide you're denying, a non-comprehensive list of genocidal policies russia employs in Ukraine is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31447187
- Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
> he doesn't intend to kill all Russians, just the "Russians" who refuse to be Russians.
Given the slaughter of civilians in the majority pro Russian regions of Ukraine i'd argue that is easily false.
Instead of calling it a genocide, call it a massacre. Russia is massacring Ukranians, nobody is arguing against that, and the world stopped accepting such behavior even in wars a long time ago. Prematurely calling it a genocide just makes people stop listening to you.