Russians will bear the brunt of this: Russian Australians on the Ukraine invasion

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves around the world - including among diaspora Russian communities. In Australia, tensions are high with many wondering how this conflict will end and what price the world - and Vladimir Putin - will pay.


Many Russian-Australians are deeply disturbed by President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

They're telling SBS News they're shocked by the invasion and fearful of Russia's next move.

Some fear the Russian president is capable of ordering a nuclear attack, yet doubt the military would obey an order to launch. 

"Many Russians do not support what is happening. There are some that do. I think the role of Russian propaganda media plays a significant influence in forming such an opinion."

"When does the world start to do something about it? What is the red line? Is it Ukraine? Is it Moldova that Russia has designs on also? Is it the Baltic states? The original members of NATO? Where does it end?"

"This is not Russia's war. This is Putin's war. The people that will be worst off because of this will be the Russians. The Ukrainians will rebuild. The Ukrainians have the support of the world. Buildings can be rebuilt, people can be saved, but the stain and the scourge of being the aggressor, of being an abuser of human rights, that stays. So the longer that this continues, the worse off the Russian people and the country will be."

 

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