I have sympathy for Russia's civilian population who have wonder why their kids and fathers are being sent off to die for no real purpose .
They of course won't be told the truth but then what is the truth ? far as i can work out Putin has invaded what he calls Russian territory and so according to his rhetoric Russians are killing Russians because they are not Russian .
Lets assume it is all one country , where is the sense of bankrupting one half of the country to annihilate the other half . Hundreds of thousand dead in a war for no purpose that cannot be won . It was a humanitarian and economic disaster before a single shot was fired .