Ukranians and Russians in the Middle East

This war is being experienced in a certain way by both ucranians and russians. Many have have relatives on the other side of the border. And there are really deep cultural and historical ties. It's much easier to sell your population on an unjust and pointless war that is prosecuted very far away. But such an intimate war is a much harder sell, and is much more likely to provoke intense outrage anger.