what trump and the gop are unable to grok is the long historical trajectory of civilian casualties in russian military occupied zones.
why stop fighting or trust putin when a bullet to the head from the russian administrative state is a threat for all and a guarantee for many?

the most blaring example was during the halt of russian forces in suburbs outside of kyiv during putin's '1 week war'.
being unable to advance (due to ukrainians before there was any western help), and having nothing else to do, russian soldiers setup HQs to gather, judge, and execute (sometimes going straight to execute).
do a search on 'bucha', 'frontline', etc...

a recent exemption was during the turkey and russia conflicts by proxy forces.
this was mostly because russia got obliterated, but also because they realized turkey is an equally brutal foe.