IMO Putin has done the wrong thing as has the West led by the USA.
The reasons offered by both sides for this war should have been hammered out around the negotiating table, not on the battlefield.
This war has been going on since 2014 .
There is also a civil war happening in Myanmar and we are quite mute on that just because the USA is defacto supporting the Myanmar dictatorial military regime. No US Whitehouse calls for democracy in Myanmar...eh
This is why the US call for democracy in the Ukraine is not entirely convincing IMO, Over the decades the US as supported dictatorial regimes (eg Saudi Arabia) while knocking over other such dictatorial regimes .
Rather than being the beacon of democracy in its foreign policy (eg support for the Ukraine democracy) , Uncle Sam's dictum was clearly stated by GW Bush: "Either you are with us (US) or 'agin" us"
