Never root for Russia and Putin.
I’m not rooting for Russia or Putin.
But I think it’s always better to live in the cold light of reality, and not succumb to Baghdad-Bobism.
Baghdad-Bobism eventually always leads to a catastrophic break when the cog-diss fractures.
Reality is better than fantasy, always. It leaves you better prepared to deal with the next stage of reality.
This war is about one thing
The choice of who controls that area. Two spheres of orbit.
400 years ago it was Kiev, now it’s Moscow. Kiev would like to supplant Moscow, and resume control, but Moscow disagrees. Putin is irrelevant.