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While people who only rely on TV to know what is happening in Ukraine may be only getting 1/9 of the complete picture, based on your flagged comment (that I had time to read), I humbly assume you only have 3/9 of the complete picture.
You're defending a Carcharodon carcharias shark (Russia governance) in a fight against a Sphyrnidae shark (Ukrania governance) that is replacing an Isurus oxyrinchus shark (Family Lamnidae, I remark).
In any case, fight between sharks, each doing what they do best, to bleed the fish, aka citizens, while the remoras feed on selling tools to sharpen their teeth.
I think Ukrainian citizens are the ones that deserve protection, as well as Russian citizens trying to stop the blood.
So, IMHO, we, as mere fish, should not help any of the predators propaganda. With your 3/9 of the complete picture you are under the Carcharodon carcharias domain, a predator who won't hesitate to bite you as soon as it gets hungry.
I don't think you worry about the Russian citizens of Ukraine more than you worry about cheering for your team. You could check the UN reports on what's been happening there during the 8 years of civil war we chose to ignore, as if the world started with Russians "completely unprovoked" invasion. I guess we can both agree that Russian actions aren't silly, dumb or random, but calculated.
I have to admit I don't follow journalism that has lied to me in the past, so I don't know exactly what they're selling you, but I am interested. So what is your position on why Russia attacked Ukraine? For natural resources(I guess geography was taken off the curriculum after I was in school), invasion of the whole of Europe (I remember friends calling me in panic what to do, now that the Russians are coming.. I live in a EU country fairly west), or just pure hatred for Ukrainians in their heart (Balkan style)?