Russia has a legitimate bone to pick with those shipping weapons for the purpose of killing them. They’ve decided to fight and I doubt like hell they have the slightest concern about American public opinion or sensational outbursts coming out of western politicians, particularly the US.
They drew a line and it has been crossed so let’s see if more than can be chewed has been bitten off.
Russia doesn’t have a legitimate gripe.
Russia promised to respect Ukraine’s borders and they violated that promise in 2014.
NATO was nowhere near accepting Ukraine. And Russia doesn’t get to tell Ukraine who they can associate with.
This is about the oil and gas that Ukraine discovered in it’s eastern parts and in Crimea.
But in addition to not wanting a competitor for oil and gas and wanting more of a monopoly status, Russia would also like the grain that Ukraine produces, and advance their desire to regain the territories of the Soviet Union.