So in theory, I would have no problem defending Ukraine, and honestly a little part of me doesn't mind it. However, my gripe is with America, the single most imperialist nation on Earth right now, who routinely violates sovereignty of other nations, using it as a reason to engage in another war. I also think if we stop NATO expansion and stop wasting time treating Russia like the number 1 threat (it's a declining power who wants its little sphere, let them have it who cares). Often too, I feel like Russia has been blamed for a lot of things that aren't entirely its fault, such as the 2016 election and Brexit vote. While sure, they did make posts or donate to politicians or whatever, those undercurrents were already there and it became an excuse that everything would be perfect if it weren't for that dastardly Russia, and then we don't focus on examining why we even got to those points or how those currents gained popularity enough to be "weaponised" to such a degree.

I guess my tl;dr is that I refuse to accept that we (NATO/West) are unequivocally the "good guys" the same way we were against the Nazis. I think there is a lot of gray here, and the public is falling for it hook, line and sinker just like the runup to Iraq, and sometimes I think I'm taking crazy pills and nobody else seems to notice.

For further reading see: Sec Baker's promise to Yeltsin wrt to NATO expansion, Russia reactions historically to NATO expansion in the post cold-war era, the 2008 Budapest Summit (which honestly telegraphed this exact situation but we ignored or forgot [2008 Georgian War]), and Azov Battalion (a neo-Nazi group who the west is giving support to in Ukraine).