We could also say that war over there actually started in 2014.
But as you also stated, a lot of people were surprised since there is not a neo-liberal side against a communist side anymore since there is no communism anymore in Russia (Do you agree with this? Apart from the single-party political structure which can be called with various names, the economy is maybe watched by the gov but still liberal).
Italy is a bit bipolar ATM.
Meloni is almost in love with Trump (same political view) but at the same time they're proud to sell their weapons to Ukraine.
I said that a Facebook group is like a Lemmy community, not that Lemmy can replace Facebook. You got friendica for that (never used it though)
For marketplace replacement, Flohmarkt is coming
Containing Russia is probably some thing due to the fact that Russia does not allow a political choice since decades