“using Ukraine”
How ?
One of the more questionable pranks people have done was to fill a paper bag with dog poop, put it on someones doorstep, light it on fire, and then ring the doorbell. When the homeowner came out the immediate problem seemed to be to put out the fire, so they will stomp on it. At that point warm dog poop squirts all over their shoes and splatters all over their porch.
Ukraine wasn’t really a problem, but it was made to look like a problem so that Russia would invade and get bogged down. Like the homeowner, Russia was the target.
I’m thinking that Xi is the one that set Russia up.