In Russko-Vysotskoye, eight hours north of Moscow, shopkeeper Dmitry Skurikhin, inset, painted “Peace to Ukraine, Freedom to Russia!” on his shop wall. In blood-red paint he has listed Ukrainian towns that were ravaged by Moscow’s assault, like Mariupol, Bucha, Kherson and Chernihiv. Roof is giant yellow and blue Ukrainian flag. Fined by police, he refuses to take the sign down, saying “people are starting to realize what’s happening is a calamity.”