Putin has the means to win this war anytime he so wishes, Ukraine does not, end of story, he has shown immense restraint as a leader, taking on high casualties and not escalating his weaponry, in doing so containing civilian casualties to a minimum. The west has never shown this type of respect for human life. And this rhetoric of the left well if you dont support us or you dare question what your government is doing , well you should leave, pathetic, most of us love our country we just hate what you traitors are doing to it, the real enemies of the west arent chinese or even russians, its our own governments and the CNN BBC sheep who follow and elect them.
For the record I am in no way pro putin and anti Ukraine, but he and Russia has every right to defend his country, NATO expansion post Soviet Union is the real issue. The issue there is nothing more than whether the west or Russia gets to exploit the country.