Mate, i feel really bad about you not knowing the basis facts about the Russian-Ukrainian conflict but trying to argue. I see right to a tea bullshit from the BBC, you better ask the ukrainians about it.
If you want so, PM me, I will send you the teamspeak.
I visited Ukraine two times, I have dozens of Ukrainian friends, I did volunteer work with Ukrainian children from Donetsk and Luhansk Regions and I have a (Russian-speaking) Ukrainian boyfriend. But don't you worry, I'll ask them.
1)West received criticism by some people, but that was basically all it happened. On the other hand you have media that defends western illegal actions and is heavily biased with information (not saying Russian media is any better). While Russia is criticized by most of the media and get sanctions and actual punishment. So yes let's criticize Russia a bit more and keep ignoring fact west get's away with most of illegal stuff, that makes a lot of sense.
Whataboutism.
Imagine today Mexico decides to join into alliance with Russia and let's Russia build military bases there I bet we would see no violence there ...
But Mexico doesn't want to join an alliance with Russia because Russia is a shit country with the economy per capita of Greece. Russia (and apparantly Russians) are utterly incapable of seeing other post-soviet states as independent, soevereign nations. They seem to think Russia, and Russia alone, has some solid right to interfere. And worst, they seem to think that everybody thinks that way. That the world is some pie you can divide, and that Russia somehow is equal to the United States in power and influence.
The only thing Russia has to offer is war, instability and threats. That's why it invades countries; there is no other way it can control its minion states other then wreck them as they try assert their independence. It's no use debating this with Russians, because they always think the same way: First they deny, and then, when evidence becomes too overwhelming, they just say (and honestly believe) it's their right. Russia could literally nuke Kyiv tomorrow, killing millions of its Russian-speaking inhabitans, and still you would somehow think this is acceptable behavior because 'that's just how the world works'. Seriously, how many people need to die before you people will learn?
