I am, and have been, a supporter of Russia’s basic position in this conflict - but, I am also a supporter of the fundamental position that if you choose the laws and usages of war to gain your rights or your objectives, you can’t then complain that war sucks, or that there are unforeseen consequences, and you had better know that if you win you get what you want, but if you lose you get nothing or less that nothing.
It ain’t nothing to send these guys to war.