Ethnic hatred? If that is what drove me, I would take Russia's side. Scores of my family members have been killed by Ukrainian nationalists since 1918, and those who survived the Holocaust were ethnically cleansed from Western Galicia and our homes given to Ukrainians.
I support Ukraine in this war for four reasons:
1. The US, UK, and Russia promised to respect and protect Ukraine's sovereignty in exchange for them giving up nukes. We debt of honor and failing to do so makes future nuclear deals much harder.
2. Russia has used cyber-attacks against the Baltics and is fomenting strife in Estonia. Their revanchist and irridentist crusade to restore the Soviet Russian empire is a threat to NATO.
3. Ruzzian invasion maps showed a further move into Moldova., which would bring Romania into the war. A Russian defeat prevents world war III.
4. Russian success or failure is a signal to Communist China. I want to deter China from invading Taiwan, rather than fighting World War III against them
Ha! I gotta laugh at all you sniveling Neocon rats; excellent at crying for war, while never participate yourself. Name calling, bellyaching, and cowardice, that's all you got.