Not participating / letting it just go past you until the smoke clears is, in your case, an option as well; you don't HAVE to pick a side if you don't feel like you're adequately informed, or you don't trust the media or the 'side' said media mostly reports on.

One example; A Russian warship has sunk. This has been confirmed by the Russians, so that part is a fact. However, while the Ukranian side claims it was done by Ukranian anti-ship cruise missiles, the Russians claim it was "just" a fire / incident on board.

I mean personally am more likely to believe the side that isn't the aggressor and isn't run by an authoritarian person / government, but the news I follow didn't make any calls themselves; they just reported what the one AND the other side claimed, plus the facts (yesterday of a Russian warship being on fire, today of it having sank).