The funny thing is that both regimes are, and have been, corrupt and evil as hell. There has also been a civil war ongoing in the Dunbas region of Ukraine for over a decade, involving a pro russia side vs a pro independence side. Ukraine has been active the entire time, supporting the pro independence side. Bad shyt has been happening in the Dunbas region by both parties. Then there was a Russo - Ukrainian War which began in 2014.
It's unfortunate that we can no longer have factual and historic discussions about the long conflict between the two without, today, being labeled as supporting Putin or Russia, simply by pointing out Ukraine's historical involvement.
And of course outside of this conflict, Ukraine has historically been one of the most corrupt countries in the world during this same period.
It's easy to not like either