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Yes, I'm sure Russians believe that invading another nation and sending their children to die is "defensive." After all, they're fed the propaganda of the fascist dictator, Putin. Just as the people of North Korea are made to believe the outside world is evil...
The far-right in Ukraine was slaughtering ethnic Russians for 8 years before the invasion, and letting NATO move in missile & troop deployments to the Russian border. Yes, that kind of thing makes people feel as though they’re on the defensive.