Yeah! that's one thing to be sure about and the way they handle the civilians that are not really hostile towards them. I believe if they only want to take over Ukraine from Zelensky they won't hurt the civilians and to be fair I don't want to believe what the mainstream media says about them because they might only report biased news but we need to get some stories from the civilians themselves if what kind of treatment they get when they are caught by the Russian soldiers. On the other hand, it seems like this war will not end soon so it's better for them to conclude it in peaceful talks rather than sacrificing their poor soldiers on both sides.
Are you trying to say that Ukrainian citizens are not supporting their government? Don't you realize that their support of their Ukrainian government is the thing that lines them up as the enemy?... at least in Putin's eyes?