You are right. The one difference I see between Putin and Hitler is Hitler had support from most German’s, but Putin does not have support of Russian people. Protests are hit with brutality and anyone who opposes Putin’s policies dies. Putin is surrounded by over 400,000 military personnel to priotectt him from Russians. Putin is a coward.
According to Russian polls he does have a lot support.
War in Ukraine video & graphic for Oct 7:
“ ... they stratified respondents by their financial situation, from excellent, about average, average, below average, poor, and extremely poor. Then they asked the question: do you support mobilization?
“What is very interesting is those who support all of this military and mobilization are the top echelons of the Russian society - the better off you are, the more support. 71%-25% support among the people who are at the top of the social pyramid, and then, as you go down, the support goes down as well: 55%-41%.”