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Putin is obviously in the wrong in that whatever may have been happening in Ukraine, it doesn't justify the horrors of the current invasion.
But if you're looking for reasons why someone might be a bit sympathetic to Russia/Putin, or at least not all that sympathetic to Ukraine, you can do a lot better than what you have listed. There really are a significant number of neo-Nazis in Ukraine, in positions of power. The revolution/coup in 2014 really did have troubling aspects. Ukraine really does treat its ethnically-Russian minority badly. The conflict in eastern Ukraine in the last 8 years really has lead to many deaths. The west really has been unwilling to clearly resolve legitimate concerns about NATO expanding to Russia's borders.
Resolving the current situation is going to require acknowledging these things.
Mar 9, 2022, 6:12:11 PM
Posted to Random thoughts on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine