>Strong disagree. The Russian people are victims of their government too, held at gunpoint from expressing their opinions freely. A sufficiently large crowd might be able to storm the institutions of government, but a lot of people would have to be at the front of that crowd, literally in the firing line.

If they are victims, they will stand up against Putin. If they are not victims, they will not.

The world just has to sit back and watch as the Russian people collapse.

This war is probably costing around $25 billion a day before sanctions. With sanctions? Russia is no longer on the world stage.

You know who owns significant amounts of Chinese land? Russia. China hates Russia. Is China about to declare war on Russia to take their land back?

If China moved into Ukraine to fight the Russians at the same time as taking Manchuria back. Absolutely nobody will hear about vladivostock falling as the world applauds China. However, Russia was smart, they announced their 'no limit' alliance with china immediately before this invasion.

Was china aware russia was using them to invade ukraine? Or were they only told about the 2 republics? Why did china rush to tell russia to get to peace talks? Why did Russia slap them in the face and say no?