Scott75

I can agree we make choices. The main issue is, what gets us to make x or y choice? I believe the answer is our environment. In terms of a physics approach, I think that physicist and youtuber Sabine Hossenfelder has a good video on why physics backs up the notion that though we make choices, we don't have free will. Her video is below. This doesn't mean we should strive to make the best choices we can make, only that our choices are essentially dictated by our environment.

From what I've read, if the U.S. hadn't meddled in Ukrainian politics, quite possibly playing a military role in the Euromaidan Coup, Russia would have left Ukraine's borders alone. A good article on this: U.S Sponsored Neo-Nazi Ukraine 2014 EuroMaidan. The Hiring of Snipers | Global Research Afterwards, Russia accepted Crimea's referendum request to leave Ukraine: Return to Russia: Crimeans tell the real story of the 2014 referendum and their lives since | Mint Press News After 2014, civil war broke out in Ukraine between western Ukraine and the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine. Russia tried hard to resolve this war politically, but to no avail. I think that former Swiss Intelligence officer Jacques Baud wrote a good article on this time period, as well as the leadup to Russia finally deciding that the only way to properly resolve this conflict was to intervene militarily. His article is here: Former NATO Military Analyst Blows the Whistle on West’s Ukraine Invasion Narrative | Scheerpost

Agreed, though I doubt it'll happen anytime soon.