“This is Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of international law,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
“And according to international law, Ukraine has the right to self-defense. And it also includes strikes against legitimate military targets, Russian military targets outside of Ukraine. That’s international law, and of course, Ukraine has the right to do that to defend itself.”
They probably were
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#Imperialism_and_racial_views
Russia fought the nazi too during WWII under stalin totalitarism.
Rulers seek power and will use everything they can to get more