“Yes it did, because the West was surreptitiously trying to take the Ukraine from Russia.”
Good grief; are you that ignorant? Ukraine has been an independent sovereign nation since 1991. How in hell can it be taken FROM Russia when it was not part OF Russia?
Whether or not Ukraine was a sovereign, which is debatable, Russia gave the conditions for peace. We chose to ignore that because we wanted the wealth of Ukraine for ourselves.
The US has gone to war lots of times because of nations choosing communism freely, so give me a break on that point. Your point is insincere.