Yeah I hate the term. Claims of genocide are widespread.

I don't even know on what basis Putin can claim Ukrainians are engaged in genocide.

Ukraine's claims are nutty too, and the ICC warrant for Putin's arrest is just as nutty. Putin clearly didn't remove children with the intention of destroying the Ukrainian people, as if they would all age and die and Ukrainians would be no longer because there were no longer any children. This was just a weasel-move.