Knowing that someone is going to attack you and then preparing your defenses is not “provoking”. NATO did not “provoke” by building up Ukraine’s defenses. Everyone (like Ukraine) has a right to defend themselves; and everyone else (like NATO) has a right to help others (like Ukraine) defend themselves. Russia doesn’t have a right to feel “provoked” by someone else preparing defenses against them, let alone turning that into a justifiable excuse to invade. Your despicable propaganda here turns decent morality on its head. I say this as an Orthodox Christian myself and an admirer of Russian Orthodoxy. But Russia is wrong to invade, and everyone has a right to acknowledge that reality and prepare defenses.