“War is always the last aggressive response when a nation cannot resolve things peacefully.”
Or if that nation doesn’t WANT to “resolve things”.
Which was Russia’s position. Putin and Co. saw an opportunity with weak US leadership- Biden had recently signed off on Nordstream 2 and had just been humiliated in Afghanistan. NATO was moribund.
Russian goals were to force Ukraine into puppet status, as was its policy pre-2014. A Belorussia situation.
—> Or if that nation doesn’t WANT to “resolve things”.
Russia tried for years.