It has been a terrible war for both Ukraine and Russia. Think of all the men, women, children, animals, soldiers, volunteers who were still alive, still uninjured, on the day before the invasion. All those lives wasted or maimed. The lives of their families blighted forever. All the millions of people strewn across Europe. All the houses and infrastructure destroyed.
Russia are going to have to pull something really impressive out of the hat, in order to justify the immediate human consequences of this invasion. It may never be possible to justify their tactics. They are talking about an end to US dominated geopolitics. I have very little trust in US UK etc. However, there is barely any support for Russia from the countries that surround it, which possibly tells its own story.
Even if Russia were to pull these impressive justifications and proofs from the hat, I get the impression that they will not be reported in the same vein over here. We live in a world where there the truth can simply be whichever narrative is being pushed, with the opposing narrative being relegated as fake in the process.
