The invasion of Russia on Ukraine in the last week of February 2022 is really an unfortunate incidents, not only for peace in Eurasia, but also for peace and stability in the entire world. But, a holistic view on the issue must be taken. For more than two century, Ukraine has been with the Czarist Russia or erstwhile USSR, before its disintegration. Western power takes pride and credit for disintegration of USSR, however, the truth is different. Disintegration of USSR was well thought of programme of USSR herself under Gorbachev for the betterment of Russia and other constituent members states of USSR with a hope that western world would support their efforts. However, the western world that always despised Russia despite its sacrifices made in previous two world wars supporting western world, started ridiculing Russia for disintegration of USSR, instead of supporting it in its developmental goal. Moreover, they started to decimate Russia politically, economically and strategically. They also started admitting member countries of erstwhile USSR such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in NATO creating a perceived threat to Russia. Ukraine also wanted to follow the same suite on the instigation of western powers despite the fact that both Russia and Ukraine have many things common to a great extent as far as ethnicity, language and culture, etc. are concerned. 

But, after disintegration of USSR and seeing the attitude of western world, Russia again started to consolidate its military power and emerged even more powerful militarily and diplomatically than USSR under Putin regime. Ukraine under Zelensky should have pursued his developmental goal for Ukraine without antagonizing Russia for its intent to join NATO. However, Zelensky displayed political immaturity by trusting and playing in the hands of western power. Now he and his country is paying heavy price for that in form of military action from Russian side where there is no crdible support to Ukraine from Western world except lip services.