What Does This Mean for Ukranians and Russians?

This war has often been compared to another set of 20 first century invasions, ones that our country did in aro and afghanistan. Many have have relatives on the other side of the border, and there are really deep cultural and historical ties. It's much easier to sell your population on an unjust and pointless war that is prosecuted very far away with people who have limited ties to those asking for it. But such an intimate war is a much harder sell and is much more likely to provoke outrage in anger.