I think there is some moral clarity in the Ukraine situation. There was simply no good reason to attack Ukraine. I understand that the Russians may be worried about the NATO expansion but that doesn’t justify to lead such a war.

There was also concern about ethnic and cultural genocide of ethnic Russians in the eastern Ukraine regions. Promises broken.

Russian history will view it that way and Western history will view it this way.

There is only one truth. Russia started a war of aggression to seize territory.

Western history will view it so. Russian history will view it as the opposite. Truth is irrelevant.

This is just a lie. They funded and armed separatists in this area which predictably led to armed conflict. When the conflict they started shed blood they had pretense to intervene. There was NEVER a genocide against ethnic Russians just a fight they started.

> They funded and armed separatists in this area

And sent Russian troops in to pose as separatists.

It appears that only Russia could prevent or end the conflict. On the territory that Russia controls they have build concentration camps to torture and murder the insufficiently loyal as they set about grinding their cities to dust their people to gore and erasing a culture and a people.

It seems like ceding any territory now would lead to further conflict soon both in Ukraine and elsewhere based on both recent history and Russias statements.

Furthermore it would abandon those in these territories to privation and mass murder same as the soviets perpetrated against them in the past.

And yet your comment is downvoted..

I feel utterly appealed at the HN users who support Russian genocidal state.