The only reason UN recognized Ukraine and all other former Soviet republics is simply to weaken Russia, everything that U.S. and EU is doing in Ukraine has nothing to do with Ukraine or help Ukrainian people, this is all designed to make Russia weak, there is no other reason for Western involvement. Do you guys even know why there are rebels in Eastern Ukraine in the first place? Because CIA controlled Ukraine makes life for Russian speaking people hellish. Ukraine openly celebrates former Nazi heroes like Stephen Bandera and then expect Russians do stand by and do what exactly? Everything Ukraine has done since 2014 is a spit in a Russian face, they deface WWII monuments and openly call for ethnic cleansing and you wonder why people in East Ukraine are rebelling?
And When America invades other countries they say same thing Putin does, "we are here cause people want us here". Bush said this in Iraq, Johnson said this in Vietnam. So before calling out Putin, know your own damn government.