Don’t think too much about it. They’re right to be skeptical and you’re right to be bothered by the labels.

You can’t make a comparison to Ukraine and the Russian invasion. Ukraine isn’t a NATO member nation, whereas Denmark is.

Your understanding is wrong. I’ve tested the output air on both settings in the winter. Max heat had like a 30° difference. The engine doesn’t want to pull that much heat unless necessary because it reduces fuel economy when the block isn’t saturated. So unless you specifically ask for 110° air, it’s going to give you 80°