Russia Ukraine war, page-219083

The "coup", or whatever you want to call it, set in motion a set of events
culminating in the current status quo.

Ideologically the Ukraine and its peoples were right in aspiring to be
both EC and NATO members. Unfortunately ideology alone was
not enough to achieve that and the mistake made then was to
underestimate Russia's resolve to prevent the Ukraine from joining
the EC & NATO (particularly the latter)

The" right thing to do/the good thing to do", while impressive in personal relations
simply doesn't cut the mustard in Geopolitics particularly when there is a Great Power
(a NUKE Power) involved.

Only for Russia being Nuke armed to the teeth with global reach hypersonic delivery systems,
then, IMO, NATO would have been in the Ukraine boots and all years ago and probably in Russia.

So while the weak may spruik "Right/Good" and associated moral values, war
is all about military might ; not morality .

Just to give an example of another war: its hard to argue that Israel is doing the right thing in Gaza
by killing over 24,000 Gazan women & children but that does not deter them.