You have to keep in mind that these are human beings, who generally grew up in relative poverty (around 1/10th of the income of the average westerner), are fed

You have to keep in mind that these are human beings, who generally grew up in relative poverty (around 1/10th of the income of the average westerner), are fed constant Russian propaganda on TV, and by many recent reports, thought they were doing military drills until within days notice they were suddenly sent across the border with sugar-coated justifications (there's on outbreak of Nazis, go save the Ukrainian people and Donbas from them).