[allemagne]

I'm guessing you might be from a non-western country like India if there really isn't anyone around you who sides with Ukraine.

I'm curious about how a population across the political spectrum (i.e. not just marginal political ideologies) can justify siding with Russia in this situation.

I mean, is it really that Ukraine's intent to join NATO was provocative enough that Russia had no choice but to invade?

I'm only really curious to understand a potential non-western perspective here, not an argument.

[yucky]

Are you familiar with the Cuban Missile Crisis? Why on earth was the US so concerned about a defensive pact between Cuba and the Soviet Union? Surely that wasn't provocative enough to almost go to war over, was it?