What up with Indian RW's 'Putin can do no wrong' attitude?
I agree, it's gone beyond a joke now. Most of the people not only have a slanted view of this conflict but completely refuse to acknowledge European history regarding Russia over the last 100 years. Russia has always been the aggressor in Europe since WWII.
Winter War (Invasion of Finland) - 1939-1941 -
Molotov-Ribbintrop Pact with the Nazis (Soviet invasion of Poland, Moldova, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Romania - 1939-1941:
Continuation War (invasion of Finland again) - 1945
Annexation of entire Eastern Europe up to Berlin -1945
Invasion of Hungary - 1956
Invasion of Czechoslovakia - 1968
Annexation of Kaliningrad and Transnistria - 1990
Crushing Georgian Revolt - 1991-1993
Partitioning of Georgia - 1991-1993
Ethnic Cleansing of Ingush from North Ossetia - 1992
Tajikistani Civil War - 1992-1997
Chechen Wars - 1994-2009
Invasion of Georgia and annexation of South Ossetia - 2008
Invasion of Crimea - 2014
Invasion of Ukraine - 2022
This list is nowhere near complete either:
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Over the same period, NATO activity and pre-NATO activity by members inside Europe:
Liberation of Western Europe - 1939-1945
(Okay 1 now reformed member of NATO was the Nazis, fair enough)
Prevention of ethnic cleansing and peace-keeping operation in Yugoslavia - 1990s