I already have a hard time figuring out the truth. When the latest problems in Brazil started happening I had a hard time at first shifting through the conflicting articles trying to figure out who the good guy was. Or who was the lesser of 2 evils. I wasn't 100% positive until Jason Miller and Steve Bannon were involved. If they supported a person, I knew they were corrupt. So yeah I see where your coming from.

Theres one thing that Ukraine has that almost no UN state possess, and that's battle hardened/ tested soldiers a very valuable asset that might be a scary prospect to some and explain why they get and don't get different types of support.

Unprofessional opinion is its more about spreading terror, if they thought they had the ability to send a crippling blow, they'd do it. Since they don't keeping people living in fear is the next best thing. They also have to keep feeding the propaganda machine inside of Russia. Every launch is a opportunity to spread lies about the glorious motherland.