> Ukraine was not "de facto" neutral. I disagree, neutral means no military alliance to protect it. Ukraine was not part of NATO or EU and it did not have any

> Ukraine was not "de facto" neutral. I disagree, neutral means no military alliance to protect it. Ukraine was not part of NATO or EU and it did not have any chance of becoming so with ongoing conflict. > The country is also quite divided ethnically and historically and its current official borders are indeed the result of Soviet/Russian 'engineering'. It doesn't give Russia the right to invade though. > I think we've reached a point where partition might be the least bad option, although good luck trying to even propose this and then agreeing on how. I'd say the least bad option is Ukraine defeating Russia. I'd also dream of a coup in Russia with Putin getting executed. > Btw, posting graphic pictures of war victims does not make a geopolitical point. It's an answer to "I'm also curious why Europe supported this.". Europe supports Ukraine because of the slaughter in Ukraine, these war crimes motivates populations, and in a democracy this influences politicians. So I guess it's a geopolitical point as well? Also people can avoid clicking on them, warning is before them.