Right, so the US somehow tricked Putin to invade.
There is ample evidence that the US was preparing for war with Russia in Ukraine since before 2014.
And Russia has been at the same time preparing for war with the west. So what? That excuses Putin, breaking treaties and invading a neighboring country for territorial gain?
Victoria Nuland and her globalist co-conspirators overthrew the legitimately elected government in Ukraine. The puppet regime the globalists installed attacked ethnic Russians in Ukraine and armed up in defiance of agreements not to have enemies on Russia's borders.
Putin wasn't going to allow that.