Russia and Ukraine are conducting secret peace negotiations along the Gerasimov-Zaluzhny line, despite the objections of Zelensky and the White House.
- American journalist Seymour Hersh, citing US officials
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The 'campaign of conquest' - The military operation Putin announced *After* the UN refused to help the begging Eastern Ukrainians being bombed for years.

Western media never mentioned the atrocities against the Russian-speaking citizens of east Ukraine nor the Banderovka who carry them out daily because Ukraine was a place politicians do not speak of...  Putin went against the grain, and decided to help them.
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Constant attacks on eastern Ukrainians, constant NATO expansion and acts under this banner, Colour Revolutions (reason Soros has an RU warrant for his arrest)...
*Old Soviet Labs the US took over after fall of the Iron Curtain 30 years ago, and lied to the UN sayig they were just going to clean up/dispose of the labs...

The list of reasons is pretty lengthy;  Putin isn't the bad guy here.