Ukraine is no victim. It had plenty of chances to agree to neutrality and non-alignment with NATO.

It decided to take a different path and provoke Russia further. Even though EU/US leaders were aware as far back as 2008, that NATO's expansion attempts into Ukraine will result in Russia intervening militarily.

US gov’t knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene

Former US Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, who is now CIA director, admitted in a classified 2008 embassy cable that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow’s security “redlines” and “could potentially split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene.”

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/27/us-nato-expansion-ukraine-russia-intervene/