> That's only shows you don't know nothing about the context of the conflict.

I think I'll bow out of the discussion here, whenever people start posting that video there isn't much left to talk about.

Actually this is very multilayered conflict, which can not be described in two sentences.

The narrative "big bad Russia against small peaceful Ukraine" is very simplistic, and only leads to support of escalation of conflict.

Sorry, but after checking through your comment history I can no longer take your participation in this forum serious. If we had an 'ignore' feature I'd use it right about now, not because I disagree with you but because I don't think you are arguing in good faith.

FWIW: Big bad Russia against small peaceful Ukraine is the reality far more than any alternative that you might want to supply.

Who started said conflict though.

Should I start with Peter The Great and Mazepa?

you should be banned

You should actually watch that video rather than just posting it. Mearsheimer's whole thesis, that Russia is trying to "wreck" Ukraine in order to keep it out of NATO and wasn't motivated by territorial expansion has been falsified by the most recent invasion. Mearcheimer actually claimed in the video that you are linking that Russia wouldn't launch a full scale invasion because that would go against it's geo-strategic interests and yet here we are.

Russia tried to avoid involving in Donbass for 8 years meddling with Minsk-2.

It's still not sure if it will take Donbass. All the new captured parts of Ukraine are becoming new or join existing "People's Republics". I won't be surprised if after the end of campaign, there still will be independent republics and some shaky agreement that will be broken by Ukraine in the first week.

Even first plan was apparently to overthrow government, not to gain some land.

On other hand, the tactics of West/Zelensky is to destroy the East as much as possible, killing as many people as possible, destroying as much infrastructure as possible.

This is so completely out of touch with reality it makes me worried for your health.

Ah, the good old "she was asking for it" school of international relations.

Bruh, did you really just try to use victim blaming as an excuse? Who does the assaulting in this case? Which side is a criminal?

Please, think about what the actual fuck you're implying here.

If you walk in to a lion cage at the zoo and tease the lions is it victim blaming to point out that you're making a mistake?

Are you seriously comparing Putin to an animal and Russia to a zoo?