[daxuak]

Even if there is rebelion at the end of the tunnel, right now it's just meaningless, endless suffering which also provokes extreme nationalism that the war can feed on.

Also, if anyone think it is acceptable to torture average, perhaps actively anti-war citizens to achieve the goal, I can only wish that you get the one chance in a lifetime to experience what it means and takes to survive in an authoritarian country and try making yourself a hero. I'm not Russian but let me put it this way: it is not about your life to sacrifice or your own fear to overcome. Your whole family and friends, they are all on the stake and the cops or whatever will absolutely go after them to break you. Or they do it for fun. They really do.