I think from their own perspectives each must think they are right, correct? Otherwise, you could assume that there would be no conflict. I don't think Putin wakes up in the morning wondering what evil he can unleash on the world. I think he's genuinely doing what he feels is in the best interests of his people. Is he wrong? From my perspective it seems so, but maybe I'd be wrong to assume that I wouldn't do the same thing in his position. Killing people is never ok, especially with large scale wars where nearly everyone ends up a victim in some form. I'd like to think Putin knows a lot that I don't which he feels justifies his actions, but I'm too ignorant on the entire subject to have much of a smart take. Mostly I think this should have been handled with talks and if Russia had issues with the United States doing things too close to their borders, maybe we should have engaged in more discussions on what we could have done to avoid this conflict.