Your defined in a position an view so diplomacy ie word salad...

Your defined in a position an view so diplomacy ie word salad has no effect !

Its was a civil war on a border now perhaps its grown escalated from such beliefs as yours imo.

Russia has no need for for more land population wise or wealth wise .

Sure in its field of influence it decided to try bring about some reasoning to this even the civil war and the geo politics that become involved made it much more difficult .

But i suppose i can leave you with that yes Russia blew up Nord stream rather than turn off the tap which would have been far easier .