Yes, at their own borders. Their jurisdiction ends there.
All other nations have the right of self-determination and don't have to care about Russia's thoughts.
If they won't like it, they could sanction Ukraine or something, don't you think?
I live in a small balkan country, and we also have our soldiers in kosovo, syria, libanon etc... what right do we have to point the finger at russia? USA is currently bombing somalia. China is looking greedily at taiwan... etc.
If "everyone else" can do it, why not putin? If not putin, why do we let usa do it? Ukraine is just another equivalent of iraq, afghanistan, etc.
This would be a great time to say "stop" in nato, start acting as just a defensive organization, stop all the nato members meddling abroad, and say "NO" to both putin and USA, and everyone else who wants anything outside their own borders.
This is bordering on dishonest. US is supporting the legitimate Somalian government against a terror group famous for it’s attacks on schools.
You could sort of compare this to Russia supporting the Syrian government, despite their legitimacy being questionable. This is something they have hardly faced international criticism over, beyond downright war crimes.