Empathy is what distinguishes us from being just angry monkeys. But then, there are of course very selfish goals like long-term survival and freedom to live as you like outside of yet another authoritarian prison of nations. Which would be less likely for at least a significant part of Europe should most not care now.
Practically nobody had empathy when the West bombed the Middle East for decades. I guess we all are angry monkeys. ;)
Not caring only really works, in this case, if you think Russia would stop if they conquer Ukraine. Personally I don’t think they will stop there, so sooner or later everyone in Europe will eventually need to worry.
We should all be worried when the war goal is Lebensraum. It was the leading motivation for world war 2, and there can never really be an end to the ambition of colonialism through war.
Ah, but if we don't care about Ukraine, why would we care about your country?
And it's not just Ukraine - what about Sri Lanka which is collapsing by the minute? I do care about the people, but if I am completely honest, I could care less about the government. If the current government can fend off Russia, great, but maybe (I don't know for sure) it would be better for the people for some sort of diplomatic solution to be created (perhaps surrender a part of Ukraine but allow anyone interested to leave the new Russia peacefully), that might be better for people on the ground than an endless war. Surrender for now for the sake of stability, but regroup and don't allow such a thing to ever happen again and take some lessons learned from this.
Sri Lanka hasn't spent the last decade invading multiple nations. Ukraine's not facing internal strife, they're facing an external threat.
When Ukrainians shell civilian targets in the Donbas, is that not internal strife?
I'm not inclined to see Russian-backed separatist movements as entirely "internal".
I'm not inclined to see American-backed separatist movements as entirely "internal" either, but Ukraine is not as homogeneous as some would have you believe.
But are the people of Sri Lanka not going to suffer immensely in a different way and thus also need our aid, assistance, and attention?