So many contradictions in the Ukraine/Russia situation.

DOES THE U.S. NOW HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK FOR UKRAINE AND EUROPE

HOW DOES RUSSIAN GAS FIGURE INTO THIS DILEMMA? 

So we hear word from the leadership of Ukraine that the U.S. and western media are intensifying this crisis.  We have not seen any reports about talks being conducted between Ukraine and Russia. Does Ukraine no longer have any control of this escalating conflict? After all, they will bear the brunt of any confrontation with Russia. 

Does Ukraine still really want to be a part of the EU? It is unlikely they would want to adhere to the EU's migration policy.

Does everyone forget that Ukraine is dependent on Russian natural gas and the revenue from that natural gas pipeline? They receive $1.8 billion in revenues from the pipeline.

Did anyone take notice that while the U.S. opposes the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany, the pipeline into Ukraine is never mentioned. There are actually 12 pipelines supplying gas from Russia to their close neighbors. At present Russia supplies gas to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Lithuania, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, and South Ossetia.

Russia also supplies gas to Germany, Turkey, Italy, Poland, Great Britain and the Czech republic.

They also sell oil the the United States.

Russia is also in the process of building other pipelines, the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria, The Altai pipeline from Siberia to China and the Caspian pipeline to the Asia-Pacific region.

We hear the Biden administration claim that if Russia persists they will cancel the Nord stream pipeline into Germany. What does Germany have to say about this? Will increased sanctions cause a collapse of the economies of Europe and a energy crisis worldwide. 

Most of Europe does not fear an invasion from Russia and the economies of the whole region are increasingly interdependent. The biggest problem is the U.S. policy of containment and NATO expansion. The false narrative that Russia wants to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Is NATO expansion to the borders of Russia worth what is in store economically to the whole of Europe.

While there have been disputes between Ukraine and Russia,  They are in fact very close economically, and many Russian and Ukrainian families are related.

While most Americans are unwilling to look at the situation in an objective manner, it is a fact that the United States did help orchestrate the overthrow of the president of Ukraine in 2014 and did want to expand NATO into Ukraine. Thereby putting missiles and NATO military on Russia's border. Everyone po-pos a reverse situation with missiles and troops in Canada and Mexico. 

It is also a fact that the stipulations made by the EU for the entry of Ukraine into the EU was that they would no longer be able to do any business with Russia.

NATO expansion is primarily fueled by U.S. money to the cooperating countries. So far, they have all felt that money was good and the risk low, that is no longer the case.

Ukraine could have a treaty with assurances that their borders are secure, that they would be independent of alliances with either the West or Russia, that they could trade with both Russia and the EU. This would require a compromise from the EU. It would also require an end to the U.S. policy of containment and NATO expansion. Everyone would benefit from such an agreement.