> The solution is obviously to punish those causing the harm directly, no?

You mean direct war against Russia? That would certainly also cause collateral damage on innocents.

Fighting the people directly who are holding the guns will do less “collateral damage” than uniform discrimination of all Russians.

I’m not a fan of violence in general, though. Ideally they’d find another way without killing anyone.

> Fighting the people directly who are holding the guns will do less “collateral damage” than uniform discrimination of all Russians.

Nato forces directly attacking Russian military in Ukraine would be the start of a third world war. The collateral damage of a direct war between Nato and Russia would be unfathomable.

> Fighting the people directly who are holding the guns will do less “collateral damage” than uniform discrimination of all Russians.

Nuclear war between NATO and Russia would cause less collateral damage than Russian people not getting to play chess tournaments for an indefinite period of time?

I disagree.