Putin put children and teenagers from Mariupol on TV so they could thank a Putin forces soldier for "rescuing them" … from the devastating shelling by the Putin forces.

They didn't put 2 and 2 together in the TV presentation, and didn't mention the relatives that were killed by the Putin forces in Mariupol.

It is possible that they were speaking honesty when on TV — that they had been taught to forget how their "saviors" intentionally caused the danger they were "saved" from.

Putin's disinformationists persistently misrepresent the situation. I expect that some will refer to the "gratitude" of Ukrainians "saved" from Mariupol, citing this TV program as "proof".