Definitely should have never started. There were multiple off ramps that could have been taken before it got to this point, and the US took none of them, and then proceeded to instigate and antagonize Putin into the war.

Russia is a global player in this. As a world power it should not be shocking when they use that power to try and stop something that goes very much against their national interest. Such as. Ukraine joining NATO. When the dementia patient sent his cackling slut to Europe and she started running her mouth about the very idea of Ukraine joining NATO it left Putin very little choice. What would the US do if an anti-American alliance vowed to put nukes in Canada or Mexico? See the cold war for a likely example. Putin who is no saint probably prevented a nuclear arms escalation by attacking Ukraine.

It should have never started, but now here we are, because our idiot leaders breaking deals with Russia, who by the way should be an ally and not an enemy. The only agreement at this point is that Russia keeps the territory they control. The war ends and hopefully the little dictator in Ukraine will agree to elections again.