I think it’s important to understand that Marxist-Leninists should be supporting the people of both countries, rather than picking one of two capitalist states to back. I understand that Russia has its excuses for doing this, and the Ukraine government has its excuses for what it has done, but it’s important to remember that they are both capitalist countries in the age of imperialism; what they are really after is power. Please feel free to correct me if you believe I got anything wrong.
Not the people of both countries, but the working class. This conflict brings death and destruction to Ukrainian and Russian workers, and the economic war the West is waging to support Ukraine is causing extra turmoil to European AND Russian workers (also, I find the optimism about Russia being able to survive under sanctions somewhat unfounded). Only the likes of weapons manufacturers and gas speculators seem to profit from the situation. I cheer for every dead Nazi, but in the jingoistic fervor one needs to remember that it’s workers’ interests we’re fighting for, not the states’.
Russian soldiers in this war are all professional soldiers. And they are not proletarians. So, it is only the Ukrainian workers who are dying, but Ukrainian army and leadership are responsible for these deaths. They should’ve capitulated on the second day of this war if they really cared about their people.
The sanctions will definitelly fuck up the russian workers tho