I would invite you, as hard as it might be while being in the middle of the storm, as you are right now, to take a step back and take some of the following basic considerations and facts into account:
- Just because Putin is good or trying to do something good doesn't mean that everyone in the country or down the line of power/command is similar. In fact, it very much looks like Putin (as if everything else he is doing wouldn't already be more than enough for any one man to handle!) also has to constantly fight corruption of every color and scale within his own ranks and/or country at the same time.
- Putin can't and will never direct and manage everything, obviously. That should be a no-brainer.
- Putin is also just a human being, although an absolutely outstanding one. Human beings are not perfect and never will be, and they also make mistakes.
- The scale and size of the military operation is VERY big and people on the ground and especially those directly effected by what is happening can easily forget that scale and/or the bigger picture. Just the area that has been hotly fought over recently (and largely controlled by russia) comprises about the size of the whole country of Great Britain! Just think about that for a minute and look at a map! And we don't even take into account the bigger picture here of Putin essentially fighting the whole "western hegemony" too, on many other fronts, at the same time!
- Just because the russian army seems to fight on the right side (which is aligned with humanity, truth, justice and freedom etc.) doesn't mean that this somehow magically eliminates the very real fact that Russia also has to deal with what is inherent in any human society, to one degree or the other: There are Psychopaths, there are normal people, there are pathological people, there are possibly about 50% organic portals, there are people who don't have very high standards of morals, there are people who are decent, there are people who are not decent, there are people who care more for profit and/or other material gains, there are people spiritually inclined and there are people who are not spiritually inclined, there are stupid people, there are smart people, there are people of every kind of inclination who regularly do what all humans do to one extent or the other; make mistakes, lie, cheat, be lazy, not being perfect, being corrupt and so on. Therefore, to assume that just because Putin is at the helmet eliminates those basic diversities in inclinations/behaviors and world views in human society, is, a naive assumption. In reverse, it is equally naive to extrapolate from local happenings, of, maybe, and even likely, bad stuff happening also from the side of "the russians", that this must be "because Putin", or any other such black and white thinking. Having said that, it seems like in general, if any army is fighting under the spirit/command of a good/human/decent leader at the helmet, it has a big and positive effect on how that army IN GENERAL is behaving COMPARED TO the army that is fighting under the command/spirit of an evil person at the helmet. With ramifications in the army IN GENERAL, that things like rape, genocide, war crimes and the like, naturally tend to be or become far less common and be naturally eliminated throughout the structure below that decent helmet, but, will never be prefect at the same time! The same goes for the society under the helmet of such a leader IN GENERAL.
- What is happening in Ukraine is very much a real war type situation (where essentially "two" parties fight each other, that are more or less on a similar level of military capacity to fight/engage, in stark contrast to the many US wars in the recent past), on a VERY big scale, both, in terms of area and man/equipment deployed. As with any war really, it would be naive to assume that atrocities wouldn't take place on either side, although it is very clear, that in this war, there is only one side that is actively wanting (from the helmet down) that such things happen and is actively doing such things as a general guideline from above, while the other side, in stark contrast, actively works against that, and strictly forbids it, as best as possible, given the above-mentioned diversities in human society. It is also very clear that there is one side who has done FAR MORE of that type of thing, in any way you look at it. So much so in fact, that what allegedly has happened of that type of thing "from the russian side" pales in comparison, so much so, that it basically comprises another universe entirely. Therefore, it is perfectly morally right, justified and good to be with the russian side, as many are.
- You brought up, among other things, what is happening in terms of the partial mobilization in russia and someone else here pointed out to you that there is something you seem to forget, aka: corruption (which is apparently especially prevalent in the branch that organizes mobilization), and how that obviously can and will affect what is happening in terms of that mobilization here and there in russia, or even in larger parts. In fact, take a look what Putin himself said just a couple of days ago
here, about exactly that fact. Read it and try to understand the level of corruption that is taking place and Putin has to deal with! Basically, Putin orders something and hopes/expects that people down the line of command (and/or people in general) here and there will do things justly and decently. BUT, MANY do not. Which is to be expected, especially in Russia. As I said, Putin can't be everywhere and there is corruption everywhere too.
- You and others directly on the ground keep saying that you are shelled by russians and/or that the russians do bad things where you are or in other places. I would invite you to think about all the points I bring up here while you think about what you seem to be "seeing with your own eyes". Generally speaking, people in the thick of it, especially in such a war type environment/situation, are often convinced that what they assume to see on the ground "with their own eyes" is true and/or reflective of a larger picture. In fact, that is often not true.
- You and others directly on the ground, and also often armchair generals, keep saying and complaining about Russians leaving this or that area (or doing this or that "false/wrong" military or moral move here or there) and thereby leaving people into the hands of Ukraine monsters, here or there, for example. Here again, I think what is often missed in those accounts/assumptions/proclamations are all the previous mentioned points that I brought up above and ALSO, the following three simple facts:
First: Putin's number 1 mandate and priority is and will always be the well-being of RUSSIA itself and Russian people IN RUSSIA, which directly translates into Putin trying to minimize the suffering and death of those people, first and foremost, as good as possible (and therefore logically, of Russian service man). Every other consideration comes secondary to that priority for Putin, and rightly and justifiably so.
Second: Free will; It isn't Putin's or Russia's fault nor is it their responsibility what happens to Ukrainians or Ukrainian territory. Putin's mandate and primary job is clear: the well-being of RUSSIA itself and Russians IN RUSSIA. What happens to Ukrainian land, Ukrainians and Ukrainian people is essentially none of his business and is primarily the result of the western hegemony over many decades AND the free will of a large portion of that country, that to one extent or the other, went along with that evil/satanic plan, right into the abyss, while another part resisted and appealed within their free will to Russia, to help them. The famous C's quote comes to mind "Only give to those who ask". And Putin and what he does is a perfect example of that IMO. Syria also asked. So, if you say "why do they leave" you should ask yourself "why wouldn't/shouldn't they?" while keeping all of the above points in mind at the same time!
Third: It becomes more obvious by the day that Putin and co. have sketched out many plans and considerations over the years (which are constantly shifting and changing in some respects too) that are now implemented. It is always easy to forget that there might be pretty obvious and justified reasons for why Putin is doing this or that right now, which only becomes fully understandable in hindsight, because there were overarching plans/considerations that were not apparent at the moment they were first implemented/seen on the ground by outsiders to those plans/considerations.
To blame the retreat in the Kharkov direction on a general who was not in charge of defending that area, but was thrown into it with A SMALL PART OF HIS TROOPS as reinforcements and a last-ditch effort to correct a difficult situation at the front is highly erroneous.
