The Russians went to Ukraine because Ukraine started a war on their Russian speaking countrymen. Between 2014 and 2022 an estimated 15000 Russian speaking Ukrainians perished. The Russians were not able to stop this genocide in eight years of using diplomatic means.
Interesting. In pootie's photo op, there was a quick look at a dark-haired woman. She looks identical to the blonde woman who showed up in all his past photo-op shots, just colored her hair for this one.