British ex-serviceman., thank you! I've been in the shit and blood so I've the right to talk about it. Have you?

Ukrainian men were going to die anyway, it's entirely obvious what Putin was and is up to. He wants 'his' Empire back. Showing him a united front right from the start, actually giving the help needed, would have made him stop and think. Or made his own people remove him before he got them all killed.