The Ukraine war started in 2014 (and actually a decade before with the Orange Revolution) when Ukraine started killing off its own people in the Donbass. Russia's involvement in 2022 was only to stop the killing. But the Ukraine government wouldn't stop, because they listened to leaders in the US who said that the US would support Ukraine.

The result? Ukraine has been destroy, even if the Ukraine and US leaders act like it is still there. Upwards of 400,000 Ukraine people are dead. Millions have fled the country. All that the current Ukraine is, is a military arm of the US with a bunch of Ukraine civilians held captive by circumstances.