Dear @solperez!
I see at least three problems here.

First, let's get away from politics and talk about the author's rights. Any citation or annotation should not contradict the essence and from this point of view, the author's remark is completely legitimate.

Secondly, I understand your misunderstanding of the situation, because these are not your women and children are raped by russians and are not your men killed by them. I will emphasise - massively - with the support of russian people. But you'd better never realise how it is.

And the third. My dear friend, your team made a mistake with this post. Probably, it had to happen for the discussion to take place and this is to some extent a mystical coincidence. But let's get to the point. The fact is that I already nominated this post before your team did it. I understand that this is an amazing coincidence and I don't know if it makes sense for you to correct this mistake in your report.
Sincerely yours