In order to see what the stakes are, a little history is in order .... from a previous post of mine:
Ukraine was a founding state, along with Russia of the U.S.S.R. The U.S.S.R had a thing called the Warsaw Pact — a competitor of NATO.
The West broke both the Warsaw Pact and the U.S.S.R by bankrupting it with a long cold war of arms buildup.
Look how many Ex Warsaw Pact countries are now NATO members.
It’s obvious Russia isn’t going to let Ukraine enter NATO without a war over it. It’s the last kick of a the dying socialist republic.
Ukraine was a founding member of the USSR, because they lost their War of Independence against Soviet Russia.
No evidence that NATO is even interested in Ukraine. They haven’t even received a bullet in support.