> Their young men are being sacrificed to an American plan to wear down the Russian army. Their young men are being sacrificed to evict a foreign army that has

> Their young men are being sacrificed to an American plan to wear down the Russian army. Their young men are being sacrificed to evict a foreign army that has invaded their soil. This has the side effect of wearing down the Russian army, so of course others are going to help who want that effect, too. But that is not why they are sacrificing their lives.