BTW no one here is blaming the victims. The victims are regular Ukrainians who are caught up in a game of chess between NATO and Russia. The real aggressors here are NATO, and the Ukrainian government for deciding to be puppets for the west. Russia made it clear for several years NATO arms on their borders was a national security threat. We’ve invaded several countries using that same reason you know like Afghanistan/Iraq/Syria/Libya, etc…and the west just ignored it. And now here we are.
Uh, you just blamed the victim - and then said no one here is blaming the victim. I realize that you are probably a troll, still, have you ever taken a cognitive function test??
Moving on... Well, the US has invaded a bunch of countries so, I guess it's okay if Russia does?? FWIW - Afghanistan deserved it, Iraq didn't (thank you Donald Rumsfeld), we didn't invade Syria (the Syrian's weren't the target, ISIL was) and we didn't invade Libya, we just bombed the hell out of them (which was pretty dumb). Our stupidity doesn't justify Russia's stupidity, or their extreme short sightedness, or their total lack of self awareness vis-a-vis their actual readiness. Lastly, we fought in Korea - who helped the North fight against us? We fought in Vietnam - who helped the NVA fight against us? It's not like this sort of thing is lacking precedence. Commies helped support communist revolutions, Democracies help support fledgling democracies. The world is messy - Duh.
What you don't seem to understand is that Russia started a land war in Europe. In Europe! If you understand the history of Europe, you would understand why this is beyond stupid and not tolerable. That the US would sit around and watch this happen with no intervention whatsoever is folly (the Brits got this right away as well). After some delay, the rest of NATO realized what was happening and is stepping up.
Poor Russia, they stepped in the doggie doo doo and are looking around for someone else to blame. Sucks being them. I'll play a funeral dirge on their behalf.