This is silly. So, just because some barking dog is injured and on its last legs of life, does not mean it cannot cause some damage.

To ignore all the activity in ukraine building up against Russia would be stupid. In December when Russia presented the documents to nato and usa, they told Russia to fuck off, and immediately began to load even more junky old weapons onto ukraine.

The planning of the donbass was what triggered the Russians, coupled with the veneer thin nuclear threats, enough is enough.