LOL! "Cannon fodder"? You mean like all the Russian conscripts and convicts it has thrown at Bakhmut and everywhere else along the front to compensate for all their defeats? And I love the hypocrisy, claiming this is somehow a U.S.-proxy war and they are somehow sacrificing Ukrainian lives. It's not at all like the Ukrainians are volunteering to fight because they were invaded and Russian troops have committed war crimes everywhere they've occupied, right?

It's astounding how hypocritical Russian apologists become in defense in a brutal dictatorship that has everything in common with Nazis. Then again, it's also pathetic for its lack of originality. "Whatabout" is the Kremlin's favorite go-to whenever they get caught committing crimes. Just like how "western propaganda" is their go-to whenever they suffer a humiliating defeat!