US military would never be allowed to do 1/1000 of that without every newspaper and Democrat congress critter going insane. Russians...No big deal.
Not only US newspapers and Dems going ballistic, but millions protesting in London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Canberra, et al against the U.S action. Russians? Meh! Who cares?
It is weird and troubling. Maybe the global protests are yet to come.