russian propaganda cannot be trusted. we will prob need more 3rd party confirmation to believe anything russia says.
i think it maybe too naive to think of the world in black and white as if ukraine is the clear gd guy and russia the bad guy.
ukraine gov is highly problematic even before the war, deeply corrupted and no where near beacon of democracy like wat western media like to paint, ukraine is actually a smaller version of russia.
however if we have to take sides we must stand against the invader which in this case is russia. rem wat if tomorrow malaysia or indonesia or even china want to claim sg? do we say let it go and bend over? or do we say lets go to war and die? both paths will be dark and painful.