It's pretty hilarious how nearly everything you listed as if they're contradictory points actually come together rather comprehensively to support the thesis that Russia is having to fight a belligerent NATO. And the one item that doesn't fit wasn't ever claimed by Russia to be a reason for the conflict.
I seem to have lost track of why he’s invading.
I don't know what anyone can do for you to cure your confusion when you can't even connect the dots between the very things you are linking.
Oh noes, some poverty still exists in the country well known for rapidly pulling over 800 million people out of abject poverty!
Look at photos of just about any Chinese cities 2-3 decades ago contrasted with photos of those same cities as they are now. And then compare that to say New Orleans, or even the liberal bastion of San Francisco (look at those tent cities of unhoused people stretching for miles) 2-3 decades ago vs those cities as they are now. What you'll see is a very obvious trend of poverty reduction in China and the clear decay of increased poverty in the US.