IMO NATO is an aggressive organisation because it places foreign WMDs on host members' territory aimed at Russia
NATO claims that this is defensive while Russia perceives this as aggressive and a National Security threat to Russia.
IMO until NATO (ie USA) and Russia come to an agreement on these two opposing points of view, this war can't be settled.
As I have said adnauseum , if the situation were to be reversed and that Chinese and Russian WMD were stationed in the Caribbean, Mexico or Central America aimed at US population centres , would the US consider that as provocation/threat to US National Security.?
IMO yes as per the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962.
So if the US wants to peddle a "Global Rules Based Order" then it has to afford all countries including Russia & China the same 'liberties" that the US now enjoys in Geopolitics.This means that if its OK for the US to silo its WMD in Europe aimed at Russian population centres, then under a fair "Global Rules Based Order" Russia and China ought have similar rights in siloing their WMDs in the Caribbean, Mexico or Central America starting with Cuba.
International law is law which is supposed to be fair and equitable...eh?