Yes they do. The common soldier does not fight only for money or for "cookies" (I congratulate you on your restrain on not publishing yet another picture of US diplomats).

But why are not taking about Syria? Is everything going well for Ruzzia there? You know... some satellites are showing what looks like the deployed Ruzzian troops leaving what is their only significant military base in the Mediterranean?

What do Ruzzias says? Why don't you go and find a poll to see if they think that the war in Ukraine has costed them their position in Syria?