Looking back on history should give us clarity for today. The genocides that I know of were not the same as military invasions.

And in light of past civil wars, what is the best solution for neighboring nation? I am fairly certain every country has taken land this way, so maybe we should give Texas and California back to Mexico?

Russia is NOT in the right, but Russia's actions don't change how we should be pushing for peace.

Where have all the hippies gone?

ISIS went on a genocidal rampage, and they were clear about this. Western forces supported their expansion.

The American invasion of Iraq, that was kicked off with a night of bombing destroying nearly everything, that was much more than anything Putin opened with I don't agree at all with Putin's actions, but could you please explain how they are genocidal?

The Ukrainian treatment of ethnic Russians, the incessant shelling of civilians in the separatist regions, the widespread embrace of actually Nazi ideology, and the cutting off of freshwater supply to those areas seems a bit closer to genocidal to me. Just a bit.