Here is also an opinion piece:
Opinions
Our 30-Year Victory Dance on Top of Russia Planted the Seeds of War in Ukraine
by Jason Scott Jones | The Stream
February 25th 2022, 12:59 pm
We should have acted as magnanimous partners with the Russian people in a joint victory against Communist dictatorship. That is how the U.S. treated the people of Germany and Japan, after bitter fighting in World War II.
Instead, our elites essentially pounced on Eastern Europe, seeking to make it a part of the EU, NATO, and the American sphere of influence.