Black nationalists talk of strength by killing whites, Germans had the same self divisive concept of strength by attack German Jews, however the practicers of such Orwellianisms are not foreign to Russia which practices similar hate of Ukrainians or Poles, or accross class warfare.
The Western leftist is more a recipient of a craft exported from Russia, built like a vicious little dog, vicious enough for America domestically but of no Strategic concern for Russia.
NATO would never adventure to conquer Russia or Ukraine like Napoleon or Hitler, it is ridiculous to think so - but use these only as protective resistance buffer zones completely frustrating Putin’s Soviet ambitions.
Russia wants to remove the minimum of European autodefense and resistance, while it is building offensive capabilities with long range crafts solely useful for expeditionary purposes and not home defense.
When you pit a former KGB against a Street Thug....neither is going to bend to the other.