who are we supposed to root for here?

By staying in his country instead of taking offers for safe passage out?

He can't win,take the offered deal

He said no which is the dictionary definition of sacrificing yourself for the citizens. 🤷

Truth is often the first casualty in war- if you believe he's really out there fighting with the troops I feel sorry for you. His people are dying in a war they can only win if they keep dying and the Russians knuckle to outside pressure- in which case the deal for a ceasefire will be the same as offered now.

Well, no, obviously, he's an administrator not the guy who sets up the machine gun - but the point is, he's risking his life to keep his command operations useful to the war effort rather than from the safety of some other country entirely. Which, incidentally, is a huge morale boost to the person setting up the machine gun.

I thought you said you served? This is military 101, everyone knows it's better to make your troops feel you're fighting with them.

Russian farm shill.