If Russians hadn't been so happy or indifferent towards all the previous times Putin has started conflicts, this would likely not have happened.
As Pointman has said, Russians were generally pretty happy about the last time they attacked Ukraine (Crimea), and they have been generally okay with Putin making all the decisions about when, where and who to attack. Syria was an extremely risky conflict to get involved in and could very well have blown up. Ukraine 2014 was risky. Crimea was risky.
Now they're complaining how they didn't want THIS war, but it's too late.
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