The citizens aren't being tormented. And wasn't being attacked by Russia. NATO is pushing Russia back against the wall. All Russia wanted was for Ukraine to start paying them back some of the hundreds of billions in money and aid Russia has given them over the last decade or more. Ukraine government officials tends to put Russia's money in their personal bank accounts, instead of what it's for. They did the same thing with the money that Obama and Trump gave them.
And so Russia starts demanding their money back, Ukraine begs NATO for help because they've squandered the money. Ukraine allows weapon systems on their border with Russia, as a big "F U, I don't have to pay you back now."
Of course NATO is going to help Ukraine, because the MIC will make a shit ton of money. And Russia's threat to stop trading their oil in USD's scares the shit out of our Federal Reserve. Remember why we invaded Iraq? The real reason? It wasn't WMD. It was because the sanctions on Iraq were about to be lifted and Saddam had promised to stop trading his oil in USD.
It's the same thing. All this propaganda about how bad Russia is, is a lie riddled with just enough truth to make it all seem true.