Baloney. The “West” is deliberately giving Ukraine long range missiles, trying to goad Russia into striking back at the NATO countries supplying the missiles, so they can declare WWIII. Putin is a thug, but so is Zelensky; there are no clean hands here, except Trump’s. They are trying to cause Trump to fail by starting a world war, possibly to prevent him from even taking office. A child can see it.
Baloney. Putin is trying to escalate, thinking he can get away with it now. What defenders do against the escalation of an agressor is not escalation.