Also, the Ukrainians were shelling the Donbass for 8 years before Putin invaded. There was lots of killing going on, mostly Russian ethnic civilians. I believe independent observers put the number at around 20,000.
So Russia invades Crimea and Donbas with his little green men, Ukraine fights back for its sovereignty and like now it is Ukraine’s fault not Russia? Who is/was supporting militarily Donbas but that was okay and the west supporting Ukraine now is wrong?
Putin has always said Ukraine is not a county, well I guess I can say that Russia is not a county too. Just because putin or I say it does
Not make it so