This is war. People suffer and die. What they did was dramatic...and very successful. It is the cost of fighting a war. So what? They should be praised for their efforts and heroism.
I am pulling for Russia no more than I am pulling for Ukraine, but I viewed that tactic as a pretty amazing one.
I did wonder when I heard of it: “I hope it was cleaned out. If not, and they didn’t have breathing devices, then it must have sucked.”
I served for a week or two on the USS Lexington (US Navy training carrier before she was decommissioned) and she was in rough shape. I slept in a berthing space that must have had an open vent to one of her areas filled with bunker oil, and it was the worst time sleeping of my life. It was so strong it couldn’t be dispelled.
I felt as if I were in a fever dream the entire time, I could taste it in my mouth. Disgusting.