But this invasion is not about nuclear weapons and Russia is not making the 'potential' argument. As far as the Iraq issue, there are more evident of a nuclear weapons program, which the IAEA put under the category of nuclear weapons, than Ukraine is a neo-Nazi state.
So here is the list of justifications that Poutine is using:
- NATO membership
- Neo-Nazi
- Ethnic Russian oppression
- Ukraine is making fun of Russia
- Ukrainians are making fun of Poutine
- Zelensky is ugly
- Ukrainians chicks are hotter than Russian chicks
- Chicken Kyiv is better than borscht
- Ukrainian vodka is better than Russian vodka
- Ukrainian weather is better than Russian weather
Am pretty sure the top three are the main reasons, and Poutine considered the rest.