A people is not necessarily its ruling figures, as we can see Russia's aggression being almost entirely Putin's. Do you honestly think every man forced to stay behind wants to die for them or their country? I'm all for independence and freedom, but you only have these if you win, and you have to know when to fold them. No one can have all they want in this life. There is no out for Ukraine. It's too late to join their neighbors, they gave up their nukes a long time ago, and we fucked them over hard. No one's coming to help. It doesn't matter if they enlist every civilian down the last child. There's dying with dignity and dying because you were too prideful to admit you lost. Unfortunately, the choice to decide which is being taken from the Ukrainian people.