[I am still wondering what is the status of US forces in Syria and missed the declaration of war but securing the smuggling operation worth $1+ million a day sure sounds like banditry to me.]
The situations are unparalleled for many reasons and even if they were you didn’t really answer but actually did a thing yours call ‘whataboutism’.
Although ‘Russian occupation’ of Ukraine is a tired myth. Even Ukrainians with brains are laughing at it at this point.