It's a war that should never have happened, but initiated by people who are nothing more than ruthless criminals who will murder people if forced to do so - not the only country that has such a criminal fraternity terrorising their own people; there are lotsa them!! I must say the role of Putin's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Sergei Lavrov, is so similar to Hitler's main propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, who was involved in mass murder, pre WWII and during WWII, and "peddled" the same kinda bogus shit that Lavrov is uttering almost on a daily basis. One can see that callous disregard for the well being of people in general. He performs this charade with impunity - so irritating to watch and listen to it. I'm sure he does it deliberately to provoke people. I'd luv to see this clown "brought to book" for crimes against humanity together with Putin. The "brainwashing" of their own population is scary TBF!! However, I don't believe that a whole population believes the "spin" that they issue in conjunction with their complicit media cohorts. There's no doubt it is governance by terror and lots n lots people must be frightened to say anything against Putin and his criminal gang. Western politicians, NATO, EU and UN officials will be well aware of what they are.