I for one do not accept the narrative currently being pushed. However there is no question that Russia invaded Ukraine. While I understand Putin & Russia are paranoid about being boxed in by NATO & the EU on the west, that is simply an excuse.
We are also hearing here that Ukraine is a NAZI state, which I doubt. Maybe some of their leaders are neoNAZI, Hell most of ours are total Communist. Kinda like the pot & kettle thing.
No, the only sympathy I have in this fight is for the poor Ukrainian people and maybe the poor Russian conscripts, who I understand may not have even known what was going on until the Elephant suddenly appeared.
I look at it in a very similar fashion.