Russia and Ukraine

[Ivan Denisovich]

Things are really simple here - russia is a rogue state (and one hilariously incompetent considering how long ago war was supposed to end) guilty of starting war (and it's not its first one) and threat to Europe in general and Eastern Europe in particular. Thus money spent to keep it bleeding itself are money well spent. I also would argue that Europe need send more weapons and ammunition as every russian killed is a russian that will not be in any other potential battlefield, nor will he help with rebuilding if it ever comes to that.

This is all in keeping with what I've read elsewhere: that this is largely a proxy war for the purpose of weakening Russia.

No. That is trying to save what can be saved from both unjustified and unjustifiable aggression of wannabe empire in its death throes.