The West obviously wants to weaken or even bring Russia back to the 1800s. Why? To make it compliant to its will. But the West is no longer the same good-natured promoters of goodwill that we used to know because of the Globalist Socialists slowly consolidating its grip of power in the West. Only the likes of Russia and China are preventing the Globalists from showing its true authoritarian color, because to do so would only make it harder to convince the Russians and the Chinese that Western Globalists have good intentions and that they should just let their guard down. Both sides need to keep the veneer of their being pro-people. The problem is, the Russians and the Chinese are in the same Leftist ideological authoritarian boat as Western Globalists. The only humanly tenable position to take is to keep the balance of the status quo, necessitating their need to keep up appearances. Having said that, Putin's invasion of Ukraine has not helped his position in the global stage of public opinion at all but has weakened it. Ukrainians deserve the right to self-determination. They've been inside Ukraine for almost two months and have yet to show a single shred of evidence regarding these bio-labs. This war has been a snare for Putin. He should not have gone in.