> Ukraine has become an American pawn in geo-political chess. Shouldn't we at least consider what's their view on this instead of painting everything as big po

> Ukraine has become an American pawn in geo-political chess. Shouldn't we at least consider what's their view on this instead of painting everything as big power rivalry? Didn't they democratically choose to apply for EU membership? Considering neighbouring Poland has joined the ranks of high income countries and Ukraine has been stagnating under Russian protection can you blame them? Also, considering the blood ties between Russia and Ukraine before this war why would Ukraine consider joining NATO if it was not afraid of Russia (and still isn't apparently)? I think this line of reasoning of Ukraine pursuing NATO membership before all this started is a bit absurd. https://freepolicybriefs.org/2018/03/12/polands-road-high-income-country-status-lessons-learnt-not-countries/ https://freepolicybriefs.org/2018/03/12/polands-road-high-in...