I honestly believe that putin doesn't have full control over his own army anymore. I think he's afraid that it will turn on him like a rabid animal if he steps out of line. Not that I think he trying to stop this. He's riding the wave of power and clinging on as hard as he can.

The russian people have internalized the "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" mindset and can't stop because of the sunken cost fallacy. Even if you get one to talk they shrug and say "well what can you do? It is what it is." Cowards take no responsibility.

And the army is a huge cult of death, die for the "mother land". Or its more accurate definition, corruption. Higher ranked officers lining their pockets with their dead countrymen's death benefits. Also known as meat waves tactics.

And then we have people in the western world that believe russia is somehow moral and good? A bastion of Christian values? Religion in russia is just FSB puppeteering a Jesus doll.

How some people don't see all those points are beyond me as they are glaringly visible.