The thing is he planned an invasion for a long time, and failed quite badly at it - the first weeks there was barely any aid to Ukraine and still Ukrainians man

The thing is he planned an invasion for a long time, and failed quite badly at it - the first weeks there was barely any aid to Ukraine and still Ukrainians managed to push the Russians back. This is not that much about US or Russia interests, but about Ukrainians and they are currently fighting the Russians for 2 years. Implying they have no choice or they are only manipulated seems more like propaganda (will let the reader decide for whom). Many east Europeans still have memories about what it meant to be under Russian influence and oh boy that was shitty... No need for propaganda there. US and Russia made aggression wars, but while they imagine they are "world powers" they don't seem to have a great track record unless the population in that country does not firmly oppose (just the most obvious examples: Afghanistan - couple of times each, Vietnam, Ukraine)