Ukraine was really closely knit with Russia when Stalin murdered them in the millions in 1932/33. That was a real brotherly Russian thing to do to the closely knit Ukrainians. You obviously aren’t reading any history that doesn’t support the pro-Putin view of things.
The Russians on here keep forgetting that.
The first capital of Russia was Kiev..... Ukraine borders the current Russia, the same Russia that was given assurances that the US and NATO would not seek to convert those nations to NATO membership (which is naturally seen as a threat to Russia.) ....The same NATO and US did not waste time immediately trying to add them to NATO.
Ukraine has a long history of ethnic cleansing.