I have never supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I am opposed to war, end of story. I think Russia overreached a bit. However, the point is that Ukraine is hardly an innocent player here and the West is basically a puppeteer of Ukraine. I blame NATO/America for the escalation and blame Russia for taking the NATO/American bait and literally invading Ukraine. NATO should never has even attempted to expand to Ukraine, it is too costly for Russia. You can see they mean business when it comes to Ukraine being a buffer country. I mean, the West has encroached on Russia from all angles so Russia has a legitimate reason to be hesitant about Ukraine joining NATO. You may not like their reasoning.