What's up with Ukraine

What is really going on in Ukraine? Is there a bigger story behind the West's proxy war with Russia? How does the Russia Collusion story come into play? What is the West so afraid of being exposed?

Ukraine has been in conflict in the Donbas region since November 2013. After Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014, the conflict in the Donbas region intensified dramatically leading to the Minsk agreements in September 2014 and February 2015... both agreements were intended to resolve the conflict but were repeatedly violated by Ukraine and the West, with Russia declaring the agreements non-existent and the start of the special operation in February 2022.

Prior to initiating the Special Operation, Russia to ratified a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between the Russian Federation and the Lugansk/Donetsk People’s Republics on February 21, 2022, making Ukraine a major focus of U.S. and NATO foreign policy. As of today, casualties of this conflict are estimated to exceed 500k to a million souls lost.

Is it possible to end the bloodshed?