The "Chicken Kiev" speech is against secession and friendly towards Moscow.

Deplorably, the USA took a different course after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Russia has only friends with Byelorussia as an exclusion

Here is what may be counted as the Western narrative on the invasion:

 “On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a genocidal war against a peaceful neighbor. The violence the Russian Army has unleashed is calamitous for Ukraine, the world and Russia itself. There can be no justification for what Russia is doing now, or for what it has been doing in Ukraine since 2014. And yet many Russians do justify, even approve, the war. It is their war, Russia’s war, not Putin’s alone.”
[McGlynn, 2023: 2]

The deal between Ukraine and the West:

"We supply the weapons - you supply the corpses" (Obrador, President of Mexico)

3. When mediation derails negotiation

The West is not interested to see peace prevail in Ukraine, because the “Russo-Ukrainian war”, as it defines the conflict, is being waged at a safe distance, implements NATO’s policy of “containment” directed at Russia, and brings profit.

50 Western nations including 28 countries of NATO condemned the invasion. NATO includes 30 countries, but two of them - Turkey and Hungary - maintain a conspicuously different stance on relations with Russia and the Ukrainian conflict.

Dissatisfaction with the top brass

There are some people who do not like the course of the hostilities. They criticize the Russian top brass for poor planning and unnecessary casualties, for behind-the scenes talks with the enemy, for corruption and lack of strategic thinking.

Invasion: the definition of the term

Here is what the Wikipedia gives for a definition:

“An invasion is a military offensive in which large numbers of combatants of one geopolitical entity enter territory owned by another such entity, generally with the objective of either: conquering; liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory; forcing the partition of a country; altering the established government or gaining concessions from said government; or a combination thereof. An invasion can be the cause of a war, be a part of a larger strategy to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself. Due to the large scale of the operations associated with invasions, they are usually strategic in planning and execution.”

2. The special military operation (SMO): a proxy war

The Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine is an escalation of the conflict that started in 2014 with a Kiev coup masterminded by the USA which is meddling with the territory that epitomizes a vital security concern for Moscow as a historical part of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union and a gateway into the heartland of the Russian Federation.      

The anti-terrorist operation (ATO)

The anti-terror operation was launched by Ukraine against the Russian-leaning Donbass on April 15, 2014.