Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war?
Software engineer from Moscow.<p>This is an absolute disaster for us. I can&#x27;t imagine how and when we recover from this. The damage already made to our country is going to be devastating, and it&#x27;s not even over yet. I even envy Ukrainians a little because they have a future (if they survive all this of course), and we don&#x27;t.<p>Most people in my bubble, including myself, are strongly against the war. Many are fleeing the country. I&#x27;m currently on vacation abroad, and I haven&#x27;t made up my mind if I&#x27;m coming back.<p>SWEs like myself probably are going to be the least affected by this because most of us can work for foreign companies just fine and make decent money, but most other people don&#x27;t have this privilege and have nowhere to run. Generations of people are doomed to live in poverty because of decisions made by our genius of geopolitics. The old man actually thought we would win this war in 3 days and get away with it. I don&#x27;t think he has a plan B. And I take his threats of using nuclear weapons very seriously.<p>While I blame Putin for most of this, I also think the collective West has gone mad too. The campaign to cancel, ban, boycott and belittle everything and everyone that has anything to do with Russia is out of control. People are not to blame for the actions their government. The talks like &quot;let&#x27;s hurt the regular people so they revolt against Putin&quot; are just like that villain from Shrek: &quot;Some of you may die, but it&#x27;s a sacrifice I am willing to make&quot;.