I’m not a fan. But, I am a realist.
Putin may be smart but he has no bosses upstairs in the executive offices to reign him in. And a big ego. And, probably a bad temper.
So, instead of trying to humiliate him and his soldiers on what is an inevitable conquest, I would just be trying to make it more difficult for him and more expensive and dim the future prospects instead of tying to get his goat as the saying goes.
I’m guessing that missile into the 5th floor of that apartment was an object lesson, because he could have launched 1000 just like it had he chosen to do so.
That's a good point.