Action in the Black Sea in the war in Ukraine brings back memories of my part of what was perceived by the locals as an invading force that destroyed the civilians and their homes in Vietnam.
I was a Navy noncommissioned officer aboard a destroyer participating in what was named Operation Sea Dragon. It is generally acknowledged that both Sea Dragon and Rolling Thunder were war crimes as they invariably destroyed civilian targets, and we had not declared war on North Vietnam and were recognized as criminal by a majority of the world.
Our duties aboard the destroyer were, along with a cruiser, to destroy the railroads, highways and fuel depots along the North Vietnamese coast. There was much less justification for an invasion of Vietnam than Russian has for their actions in Ukraine. Vietnam is not on the U.S. border and cannot threaten the USA. Vietnam never was part of the USA or a territory of the USA. Few Vietnamese speak English or are interested in becoming part of the USA. The Vietnamese, like the Ukrainians were persistent in rejecting the invasion of their country. Vietnam had been a colony/possession of China, France, and Japan. In every case the Vietnamese opposed occupation and prevailed.