There hasn’t been anybody foaming at the mouth for war here except those who support the Russian invasion of a non threatening sovereign nation.
If it wasn’t for that idiotic invasion tens of thousands of Russians would be at home or work doing ordinary stuff with family and friends- picnicking in the park instead of instead of being chewed up by nightmarish versions of children’s toys, and their biggest fight with a Ukrainian would be in a bar arguing over whose sports team is better.
They aren’t as filled with brotherly love for North Korea as Putin pretends to be, either.
That’s what really sucks about it. If Putin hadn’t started the war does any Russian seriously think they were going to be invaded by Ukraine or anyone else for that matter? They aren’t that stupid. It was all a big distraction from the fact that their leadership has put them right smack dab in the dustbin of history. Just like the communists have been trying to do here.
“does any Russian seriously think they were going to be invaded by Ukraine or anyone else for that matter?”
The Russians in the Russian Federation weren’t worried about Z-man.
The Russians in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic were terrified of Ukraine after the Covid scare ended.
Remember, the DRP and LPR were independent, self-governing countries for about seven years.
They might not have been recognized as such by the United States, but it was their everyday reality.
The US government wanted to make examples of the DPR and LPR in case you got too sick of Team Biden’s governing style.
Problem is we started the war. Victoria Nuland to be specific.