"Not wanting to antogonise Russia"

as a justification for not sending "offensive" weapons to Ukraine - or not doing half of what could be done, tbh.

WTF?  Does anyone think these poor delicate Russian flowers - balls deep in fcking a neighbouring in an unprovoked attack - should be spared provocation?

And shit.  Anything that's going to blow you up is pretty fcking offensive, regardless of what it says on the tin.

But then again, a brutal invasion of a neighbouring country is also pretty offensive.

I suspect the point of such statements is not respect for the feelings of an aggressor, but the ramifications of involving yourself in an armed conflict against a nuclear power.