no of course not ....this was completely unwarranted aggression and unjustifiable conquest ....and you keep trying to invent excuses for it ......but none of them stand up to fit observed facts
there is no 'assumption " re- Zel .....that's why there are opinion pollls - about two thirds of Ukrainians want to keep fighting
russia more opaque .....and no russ will be allowed to cast a vote for peace .....putin clearly not confident enought to allow that choice !