surely it's their choice?

Should the people in the areas that voted to secede from Ukraine after the gov't banned their language and supported military units shelling them right up until the day of the invasion have a choice?

But regarding the rest of Ukraine, every gun, weapon, and bomb we've sent there is a bad day for someone, statistically mostly civilians. They're not fighting for freedom, they're being sacrificed so that the Ukrainian land, gov't, and businesses are owned by westerners instead of Russians. The only correct position is to oppose your own nation's involvement.