The last thing I would want to do would be to attack, or indeed support the attack of the Ukrainian people. This invasion is undeniably an absolute travesty and morally wrong—no two ways about it. Penguin was responding to the style of black and white reportage we often see in the media. Most of the Russian people are actually against this war, and it's important not to generalise about "Russia" or "Ukraine" given these are abstract entities. The most important thing is that people are dying at the hands of an oligatchal few (just like in Yemen, Syria, etc.). I thought the article was pretty measured in its take of the situation, but I may have to reread it to see if I missed something, given your responses.