> Ukraine. It could very well have maintained neutrality and avoided the invasion.

This seems naive. Ukraine was already invaded in 2014. I guess you are not from Eastern Europe when you deny these nation sovereignty.

Nonsense. Ukraine already had an agreement with Russia that turned out to be worth less than the paper it was written on.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

That's nonsense and Russia has repeatedly stated it won't do X (if Ukraine does Y), then did it regardless. Appeasement has always been a shit strategy.

Most prominently Russia claimed it won't invade Ukraine if Ukraine doesn't join NATO - Ukraine's NATO bid occured after Russia's full-scale invasion happened anyways.

Similar story with the nuclear disarmament of Ukraine.

One has to be especially gullible to trust Russia at this point.

It's honestly refreshing to see this information about Ukraine posted with minimal partisanship.

The West has, with every decision, made the choice that put Ukrainian lives and sovereignty at risk starting from practically the day the wall fell.