Well, the Russians DO have a history of such things.
The Ukes, especially Galician Ukes have the same history of such things as well.
“Russians DO have a history of such things”
True.
My WWII vet father would share how Germans would run to surrender to American soldiers to avoid capture by Russians.
Putin is running the Stalinist playbook in Ukraine. Chapter and verse: banditry, war rape, mass murder, russification, genocide, etc. And his useful idiots in the west are loving all of it.