This lays out the situation more clearly than all the "impassioned" opinion and editorial pieces I've read elsewhere, and I couldn't agree more. My only disagreement is with the comment that Netanyahu is our ally. Israel is, but he is not. He is a blatant opportunist who'd be at Putin's door with his hand out if the US didn't financially backstop the Israeli people.
Putin will support anyone he thinks will keep a distracting controversy going to take the Russian people's minds off of his growing incompetence and the failing war in Ukraine. If supporting both sides keeps the Israeli/Hamas war going, he'll be right there.