It's not Putin's war raging in Ukraine - it's Russia's war. Jade McGlynn's books paint a disturbing picture of support for the invasion and occupation of Ukraine by ordinary Russians.
In Russia, despite terrible losses on the front, there is little resistance to the war in Ukraine. There are several reasons for this, some of which lie in the country's history. For many people in Russia, tolerating the war is the easier option than accepting the bad guys, McGlynn writes.