Dmitri Kovalevich is the special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English. He writes monthly situation reports as well as occasional special reports, including the following.
Of course, it could have gone differently. Putin's mother could find a different lover and the world would look differently. Putin's mother is therefore one of the causes, just like the infinite amount of other factors.
What you're doing now is the equivalent of analyzing why a certain woman got raped. Factor 1, she's single, no husband to protect her, factor 2, she went to the club, factor 3 she wore a short skirt .... You're desperately trying to analyze the "factors" to shift the attention, and the blame from the rapist.
So could Ukraine not find other solutions to their present crises?
"So could the woman do something differently to avoid being raped?"
Again, victim blaming.
The Ukraine state has had it’s existence guaranteed by Russia so long as they concede defeat and allow the independence of the eastern separatists.
And the "de-nazification", de-militarization, ceding Kherson and Zaporozhija Oblast in addition to Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, no NATO or other protection. You end up with a rump state just like Czechoslovakia after Munich decree, helpless and ready to be re-invaded (March 1939).
Putin’s mother is therefore one of the causes, just like the infinite amount of other factors.
This war would happen with or without putin, the war is due to the collapse of the soviet union, the far right Ukrainian coup, and the Ukrainian government bombing their own people for almost a decade.
I usually don't link wikipedia because I assume it's beneath the level of interest and knowledge of people on forums, but you clearly have some homework you need to do. So here:
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the relative power vacuum on the immediate aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and was the beginning act of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
Come on, study a bit. Have another one. When did this whole thing start again?
Cool, now it seems you're up to speed and are now aware that Ukraine already existed before 2022 and that it didn't all start because of Russia randomly. Now read these too.
Very sad event indeed. But I don't know what's your point. Are you trying to justify a war which killed tens of thousands of people by an unfortunate event killing 48 people?