> Democracy I don't think avoiding democracy is the reason that Russia invaded Ukraine. How are the two related? I assume they attempted to seize Ukraine in a

> Democracy I don't think avoiding democracy is the reason that Russia invaded Ukraine. How are the two related? I assume they attempted to seize Ukraine in an attempt to better their strategic military and economic position. > The west is saving Ukrainian lives at the moment. I don't think that saving Ukrainian lives is the reason that the West is supporting Ukraine. In fact, our support of Ukraine has probably caused many Ukranians to die in the short term. If we wanted to save Ukrainian lives we would have told them to surrender. > Russian military I agree with you that the West is afraid of the Russian military. That's why we are involved. Not because of morals, not to save Ukrainian lives.