Listen… Ukraine is irrational when they violated the conditions for which they gained independence. When Ukraine became independent, it was agreed that it would remain neutral. Since it is not neutral and actively aligning with a political alliance that is the enemy of Russia, it voided that agreement. Another thing, Crimea gained independence before Ukraine, and was an independent republic. In 1997, after bringing the Crimean Republic by force under its control, Russia, and Ukraine agreed to partition the land as to continue to have Russian military presence in Crimea. Sorry, but you are wrong, and have no basis for your argument. Russia has no interest in conquering anything and does not want to fight NATO. The US is the principle instigator that wanted Russia to invade. This is why the US has no interest in any peace process or rejected any diplomacy. Ukrainians are not supposed to win, they are supposed to weaken Russia. Russia is reacting to NATO expansion. Had Ukraine maintained neutrality like it agreed when it gain independence, it would not be in predicament. Western rhetoric and propaganda is contradictory and inconsistent; it is full of lies. NATO is neither morally on a superior level nor even obeys treaties and rules. You are repeating Western propaganda, which is proven by a study of Steve Walt and John Mearsheimer that democratic government lies to their citizens far more than autocracies. The mainstream news media that are dubbed “reliable” are narrative control. Your government wants you to believe their lies. These are the facts. Now you can believe in the myth of a Russian imperialism when it is in fact the expansion of NATO that is the problem for balance of power and ignoring international agreements, that Putin in all his years as public figure suddenly decides in Feb. 22, for no apparent reason, decided to Ukraine to start a new Russian Empire or bring back the USSR, it is a propaganda that falls flat when facts are involved. You like to pick sides, and you like to think you are with the good guys, but I can assure you, NATO are not the good guys. The US has no interests in Ukraine, Russia does, and the US, or NATO do not care about Ukraine. Ukraine is a device to provoke Russia into invasion, as to weaken them. The West did not keep their end of the bargain yet because you believe what your government and national media tells you, you have no ability to objectively judge a conclusion.