In reality, protests are breaking out against Russian sanctions in major European cities, governments there are being overturned with no confidence votes, and summer isn't even over.
The West will be begging for an end to this stupid war before the end of the year...count on it.
“ In reality, protests are breaking out against Russian sanctions in major European cities”
In reality, they are protesting for Government bailouts and subsidies for the high fuel and electric prices.
Opinion in favor of supporting the Ukraine has grown, and favorable opinions of Russia have dropped even more. Wait until the war crimes trials start, and the details get dragged out. Then we will probably see growth in actively anti-Russian hostility spread beyond Poland and the Baltics.