The point of this discussion is whether Putin is justified in invading the Ukraine without provocation and killing and destroying millions of innocent lives and destroying much of the country.
This astonishing contingent in FR including yourself that seems to support his invasion has yet to offer a coherent rationale for that support.
Well that might be the point of the private discussion you are having with strawmen in your head. In the real world on planet Earth the rest of us are making a different point and nobody is trying to justify that.