“If Putin is really is the evil deposot….” Are you in his Christmas Card mailing list?
For Ukraine the ‘for what’ to fight could be filled by the 16,000+ children Russia has taken from the Ukraine and places with in Russian rehabilitation centers or with Russian families.
Once/if Russia has to start recruiting from its major cities instead from primarily the poor rural areas - I guess we would see just how much fight is in the Russians.
The for what: Because of 200,000 + dead Russian & Wagner military soldiers, 2,500 + destroyed Russian tanks, hundreds of planes & helicopters destroyed, the prized Russian cruiser at the bottom of the Black Sea, 10+ dead Russian Generals…..I’d say the world & NATO are safer today than they were in February 2022.