Because it was the west that decided to invade in 2014, it was the west that made Ukraine feel so fucking vulnerable for 8 years that they decided to turn into NATO, and then it was the west again who sent tanks into Kiev. Yeah.

I'm not blind to not see that this benefits the US, but honestly, it looks like an opportunity for the west, not something they provoked. If Russia didn't want the west to benefit so much from it maybe they shouldn't have had invaded in 2014 because the people of a separate sovereign country revolted against the Russian puppet President.