At least we all agree that killing citizens who only want one thing (live life) is pointless.
Yup, though I suppose if you're Vladimir Putin there's definitely a point to it. which is to leave Ukraine (which to a large extend ís its people) completely in ruins for the west and/or conquer it/part of it.
This is also why I see the outcome of this as rather bleak despite the positive recent advances of the Ukrainian army. How do you win against an enemy who's willing to completely scorch Ukraine rather then let "the west have it" so to speak? Ánd who's a defacto gascompany with the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet?
I think there's only one preferable option and it might be too late for that but still...
- Mobilize the russian people (30% of which are already against and/or on the fence) to overthrow the Dictator before its to late.
And to do that you need to get as many Russians on our side as possible.
which means you need as many pro Ukraine Anti-Putin protest voices on the streets there if you can, because the majority of those homegrown seeds are already been squashed/supressed .
Which means ,and i'm going to hammer this home once more since its important although many will see this as contra-intuitive in the quest to punishing Putin so to speak..
the last thing you want to do is cancel foreign artists or in this case Dj's there, since more North korea esq isolation of Russia means more grip on the populus for Putin. What you want is for them to go there and bring with them a pro ukrainian anti-government message.
Now its a far flung shot I know but if you can get those 30% óver the fence instead of on it, and with a little luck a 10% extra, you're already looking at 40% discontent russians most of which residing in the more cosmopolitan/liberal large cities.
(Putin nor anyone else cares about the russian countryside peasantry by the way)
You might have enough for a succesfull revolution. especially because Putin is short on manpower and this whole war
including the inevetable destruction or partial conquest of Ukraine, can be avoided.