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.
If we are not going to support the state, with is the only organised form of the country to defend itself against imperialism, then who are we going to support? Like it or not, the russian people are dependent on the russian state to defend themselves against the west, there is a reason the Putin still is popular. We cant just say we support the people, because the people on a capitalist state are not the ones on power, the capitalists are, so the capitalists are responsible for the security of the country and the people living in it. If we are going to support the people, then it needs to be an people’s state, organised enough in a way that the people can defend themselves.