Ukraine is a captured state in any case. The west funded a coup in 2014 known as the Euro Maiden, which forced the then Ukrainian president to flee the country. Russia took Crimea without firing a single bullet. This is well documented as they just rolled in and took it without any resistance from Ukrainian military.

In 2014, I witnessed the Ukrainians barricade themselves in the town hall after losing the third referendum, and when the Crimeans went to the town hall to kick them out they shot them all from the barricaded windows. This is why Russia then came in.

Russia doesn't "want" Ukraine - it's their cousins. They just don't want NATO and Western influences meddling and breaking the country down. If you actually look at the history, the aid and the assistance Russia STILL GIVES TO UKRAINE even throughout this war, you'll actually realise the truth to this whole mess.