I’ve noticed that many times.
The Russians, commies or whatever they are now, honor their military people and place them in a position of high respect and are very loyal to their nation be it the Stalin era or the Putin era. They seem to unite in the destruction of their enemies.
Our very own leftist wanna be commies hate the military and anything the US stands for. This bunch unites in the destruction of their own country.
My point is, I have more respect for the Russian citizenry than I do our own leftist citizenry.
Americans can’t comprehend the fantastic russian population loss in WW II. Battle losses were not thousands but tens and even hundreds of thousands.