I don't think an analogy can be a lie and I find it rather fitting. Ukraine has been molested by Russia since 2014. Ukraine wasn't focussed on threatening Russia (far from it) but Ukraine was focussed on bettering their lives and keeping Russia away from escalating in the Donbass.

Russia willfully engaged in a war of aggression to make Ukraine a vassal state in line with Belarus.

I disagree, I think it's a masterful way to counter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law