And what ever else Putin gains from this slaughter he has planted the seed of Ukrainian hatred of all things Russian for the next thousand years. A thousand generations of Ukrainians are going to be raised to avenge this.
That seed was already planted after the Maidan. Ever hear the chilling speech Poroshenko gave about the Russian speaking population in the Donbass who had voted for autonomy like Crimea? It included such heart warming lines as “our children will go to daycare and school while their children will live in cellars...,” which pretty much has been the case. This is what Ukrainians were in favor of doing to their fellow citizens BEFORE this war. Nice bunch of folks you’re rooting for.