There are so many countries in this world that are not NATO members, yet they are doing great.
You will say that, yes there is no use to be NATO member if you are in Central Asia for example.
Here I wish to present a country in the heart of Europe that is not a NATO member, yet is doing great because however one insists, NATO membership is not a cause to die for or to exterminate a nation for, and neutrality assured to many countries the real success instead of quasy slavery membership in NATO.
Ukraine could have been stayed the second largest country in Europe after Russia being neutral very well.
Ukraine could have been like India, playing wisely and carefully both East and West Courtships and be a buffer zone for both successfully.
India is one of the most independent and soon to become an economic miracle.
Ukraine could have been adopted the Bamboo diplomacy of the Vietnam that is a very independent and successful country as well.
There is Serbia, again in Europe’s geographic territory that is not a NATO or EU member with an independent status.
It is the Ukraine leaders that do not have Ukraine people’s best interest at heart, do not want a succesful independent neutral Ukraine, but a subjugated, heavely controlled by foreign “investors” country, being themselves corrupted by these forces and holding on to a territorial integrity that includes unfairly 4 other nations historic territories.
Another fact people do not count as very important in getting to the bottom of this conflict is that the Soviet Union was destroyed due to internal political implosion that created chaos. Adjusting demographically the Soviet Republics according to what would it means to be independent was the last thing to be adjusted in that chaos of the Soviet Union collapse. When The Soviet Ukrainian republic was under the USSR it represented an administrative unity not an independent state. Russia wanted part of its Russian territories to be ADMINISTERED in a so called Soviet Ukraine Republic and when they attached those Russian territories to that Soviet entity they did not even conceive that one day this republic would become independent and still include and administer under “own” interest, independent form the Russian view its Russian territories. Russia would have been OK with this new territorial picture but when Ukraine decided to become a NATO member, Russia said no, not our ex-territories. If this does not make sense, then I do not know what does.
To pretend that a territory where people do not speak the language that you speak and define themselves of a different nationality that you are, belongs to your administration is just as abusive and invasive as another government of their nationality that asks you, begs you negotiations for years and makes you aware that they do care of their same nationality people that are by ill fate included in your administration.
Understand Mr Zelensky, you are Ukrainian and do not have respect for Russians and developed in your country anti-Russian sentiment. Why would you want to administer Russian people you do not agree with, that you can not stand and Russian territories? How would you look into their eyes and pretend you want their best?
Stop killing Ukrainians for the sake of grabbing land is not rightfully yours the land where live people that you do not have respect for!
You can see more about Austria’s neutrality, neutrality was expected from Ukraine as well following, the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0pxQNUEFjI