Remember when Biden called the war in Ukraine a genocide? Didn't you think it watered down the word?

No, it did not "water down the word." It is the stated position of Vladimir Putin that the Ukrainian people are indistinguishable from Russians, with no identity of their own. To that end, his forces have been kidnapping Ukrainian children and "repatriating" them to Russia since the invasion began.

Some homework for you:

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseih/2020/07/01/there-is-no-ukraine...

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/putin-still-steali...