Ever since Putin consolidated power in the early 2000s, this war was coming.
Kaczynski warned about it — Putin repeated talked of the tragedy of the USSR collapsing and repeatedly threatened his neighbors.
This war is about Putin recreated the Tsardom of Muscowy - and the USA, if anything, prevented it from happening for a long time.
There was a peace deal on the table between Russia and Ukraine that America scuttled according to Israeli Prime minister Naftali Bennett. We all saw the lead up to the war. Russia wanted peace talks and America wanted war.