Russia and the Ukraine

It's really quite simple from the Western European country perspective!
Russia supplies them with their needs for gas and oil. So, it would be inappropriate to make any antagonistic remarks against Russia with respect to its Ukrainian activities.
Western European countries also need have no fear of it being invaded by Russia, because of NATO, with which the US promised to protect them from Russian invasion after World War II and continuing to the present. The Ukraine is not a part of NATO, and it and Russia can do anything it pleases.
The net result is that Western European countries can sit quietly pursuing their socialistic activities, until they become bankrupt, as happens with all socialistic countries.