If you want to more deeply understand what drove the Russians to invade Ukraine, look at what the U.S. was doing in Kazakhstan in January 2022.
https://thecradle.co/Article/columns/5668
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/why-kazakhstan-crisis-much-bigger-deal-western-media-letting
The U.S., through its National Endowment for Democracy, was fomenting a color revolution in Kazakhstan. Much like what the United States did in Ukraine in 2014 with the Maidan revolution.
With the plotting in Kazakhstan and the Ukrainian (U.S. backed) shelling of Russians in Donbass and Luhansk, is it any wonder that this has come to war?
There are many guilty parties to this war. The primary culprit is the United States government. The U.S. government professes innocence, shock, surprise, outrage, indignation, but lusts after war and conflict.
Psalm 55:21: “The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.”