Sure but he didn’t. Why are people here so obsessed with mind reading and moralizing intentions?

All that matters is outcome, and at the end of the day Putin stands in opposition to the neoliberal imperialists and the “oligarchs” in his own nation have a complicated and adversarial relationship with his government. That’s a fact.

It doesn’t matter if a man fights off the imperialist invader for principled anti-imperialist reasons or just to regain control over his home. He’s still fighting them.