The US and/or NATO have probably started more than 30 bloodbaths since WW2 none of which have benefited the local people..
Russia far fewer military actions with far fewer deaths.
Georgia as a reaction to the Georgian shelling of a city at 4am and the deaths of some Russian peacekeepers. The result was peace after a few days.
Crimea to protect the population from armed neo-natzi thugs. Russia gave the locals arms so they could protect themselves from the thugs. There was 1 recorded death. We can compare the peace in Crimea with situation in Donbas with the same group of thugs shelling civilians intermittently for the last 8 years.
Kazakstan by invitation to deal with a colour revolution where the rebels beheaded local policemen. The terrorists were controlled and the russian troops left after 4 days. The result peace restored.
And now the Ukraine to get rid of the thugs and their CIA backers. I look forward to peace being restored so that both the Ukraine and Donbas prospering peacefully together. Hopefully the standard of living in these areas will improve to match the Russian people. In soviet times the Ukraine was richest area of the USSR. The oligarchs have made it the poorest country in Europe.
After 42 years of peace the benevolent dictatorship in Libya was destroyed by NATO. The people who had the highest standard of living on the African continent prior to NATO's help have had their prosperity destroyed
