It's precisely when the stakes are highest, when passions are the most inflamed, and when the divide seems unbridgeable that we <i>need</i> to consider the other side's perspective. Not publishing the Russian point of view won't stop Russians from having that point of view, it will just play into the propaganda that the Russian state is a victim and everyone is out to get them. Reaching out and engaging with individuals on the other side is the only way to stop the madness of war.