A former Army Ranger who fought in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine said the fighting in the Eastern European country was much worse than that in those other countries. David Bramlette told The Daily Beast that he had air support, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance when he was in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“The worst day in Afghanistan and Iraq is a great day in Ukraine,” he said.
If Ukraine was obviously and clearly using Russian soil to take back their own and no more, then I think that would muddy the waters a bit.