I see. Putin invaded because a Neocon told him to.
The proxy war was “catastrophic” because Putin didn’t get to win uncontested. Because those pesky Ukrainians kept fighting back effectively, until the UK and Brandon, neither of whom are “Neocons,” were embarrassed into supplying Ukraine with kit.
This “goaded” Putin into making empty nuclear threats, which intimidated the UK and the US into dithering about supplying Ukraine adequate kit to win, just enough to not lose.
Your narrative isn’t even internally consistent, let alone factual.
Pivot to demonizing Zelensky, already. Let’s get this over with.