Unrelated, but since you are german: the fact that Germany, of all countries, supplies weapons to kill russians, with your kanzler Scholz being a grandson of SS official, is a heavy one.
It is odd, perhaps disingenuous to refer to "comments section of western press". Anyone can write anything, and many often do.
> Unrelated, but since you are german: the fact that Germany, of all countries, supplies weapons to kill russians, with your kanzler Scholz being a grandson of SS official, is a heavy one.
Every German's grandfather was a nazi. Like every Russian's grandfather was a stalinist. I'd love to demote Scholz for his corona politics, but in this case, he is clearly not the aggressor.
As far as I am aware, Germany is providing defensive weapons, not weapons to attack Russia, but weapons to defend civilians on Ukrainian ground against attackers. If the attackers get killed in the process, it is a consequence of them conducting attacks and could be avoided by not conducting attacks. Hardly can call them victims in this scenario. Only their mothers will mourn them, but nobody will ever see them as heroes (without propaganda).
Do you have any credible source that shows the level of these proportions? At least here in Germany, I think that people can well differentiate between Russian culture and its corrupt elites. Politicians and media specifically point out this distinction over and over.
It is fair to attack criminal leaders, even from outside if needed (for example when pointing it out from inside is too dangerous). Feel free to attack Western criminal leaders as a mutual service. It will probably help the common people in the long run. I certainly won't take it personally or see it as an attack on everything Western.