Some people see exactly what they want to see, many see exactly what they are told to see.
If the soldiers are kneeling for Putin, where is he? The only video I found of him getting off the plane is a twitter post embedded
here from Russia's own Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which, while there's a touch cropping going on, does not show any Marines around when the actual disembarking takes place. I would think Russia would love that shot if it was accurate. But we aren't dealing with people (literally in some cases, I'm sure repost bots across all social media platforms are running with this) who care about reality or facts, only perception.