Then we fundamentally disagree. We should be in pursuit of the truth first and foremost always and everywhere. Not first and foremost life. Even the life of the individual is not worth more than the truth. Because when we water down truth and justify the truth for the preservation of Iives we can as well go packing as humanity. Our current lives reflect this. What's the point of living and trying to survive day by day when those who are supposedly put in power to be our civil servants actually abuse the rules, cheat, lie, apply nepotism, create their own laws and completely pervert the truth? It's turning into a shit life for the grand majority. That is why justicia is blindfolded. To not apply the law depending on the life of the individual but in total and utter pursuit of the truth.
I actually agree with almost all of this. I, too, believe that the pursuit of the preservation of life to be one of the highest values to hold. But lies are lies. What if, in an extreme circumstance, a Ukrainian lie caused a neighboring country to respond militarily in a way that deepened the war? They attack Russian citizens/military and the Russians respond to attack their civilians and military. More lives lost, over lies. Truth is of paramount importance in all circumstances. Its not like Ukrainian lies only have the potential to hurt their attackers.
Arguably that "underling" would be Vladimir Putin who stated in his speech to his nation to explain why he was doing "a special military action" in Ukraine: "Your fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers did not fight the Nazi occupiers and did not defend our common Motherland to allow today’s neo-Nazis to seize power in Ukraine."
You might want to note that the person you are calling out for having a March join date is responding to someone with a February join date (who you are fine with). But you're not one for thinking your way out of a paper bag, so...
Except we have Putin on tape going full Stalin prior to the invasion and downplaying his own narrative, all of NATO telling UA they're not welcome, and UA basically admitting they won't join NATO. Go sell that garbage on the fox news comment section, you'll have some takers