This is correct. The writing has been on the wall for over a decade at least. I was really hoping they'd join the EU sooner or later for precisely this reason.

This is correct. The writing has been on the wall for over a decade at least. I was really hoping they'd join the EU sooner or later for precisely this reason. My only hope now is that Russia is content with annexing a few small but important regions of Ukraine to leave the bulk of the country alone, but given the lack of appetite the west has for this conflict I'm not optimistic.