Damn, I missed that. Anyway I’m just trying to help the OP with his terminology. If he doesn’t get with the program, there’s a risk that FReepers may start asking questions, such as whether there is more to this war than Putin simply waking up on the wrong side of the bed 2 years ago and thus deciding to invade the nearest country.
The Muscowite invasion was unprovoked as you correctly point out.
The “provocation” that Putin complains about (”Nato coming”) is proven false by:
1. NATO rejected Georgia and Ukraine’s request to join in 2008 and Putin invaded shortly afterwards
2. Russia has bordered NATO countries since 1999
3. After Finland joined NATO, Putin actually REDUCED the number of troops it has on the border with Finland.
So you are correct that the Muscowite invasion was unprovoked