"Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay was NATO’s first Secretary General, a position he was initially reluctant to accept. By the end of his tenure however, Ismay had become the biggest advocate of the organisation he had famously said earlier on in his political career, was created to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”"

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_137930.htm

Ukraine has not been sovereign since the US backed coup in 2014. Since then the US has picked leaders and driven political policy while turning Ukraine into a de-facto NATO state.

There is nothing "bullshit" about Russia feeling threatened by NATO. FFS we almost had nuclear war with the USSR in 1962 because of missiles in Cuba. NATO missiles in Poland and Romania are closer to Moscow than Cuba to Washington DC. Ukraine is even closer. So either the US AND Russia can feel threatened by missiles, or you have a bullshit double-standard.

All war crimes should be investigated. I've seen horrendous stories about both sides. I do know that Ukraine fired their own propaganda minister because she was lying too much even for a propaganda minister.