Again, Lester. You and I disagree. I see Putin as a brutal semi-dictator. That doesn't mean I believe every horrible crime he has been accused of, particularly when those organizations making the accusations have extremely sordid pasts themselves, and have been proven to have both committed similarly horrible crimes, and lied bald facedly about other enemies/adversaries such as Putin.

There are no good guys in the Ukraine conflict except for the civilians on both sides and at least some of the patriotic soldiers.