Ukraine did not enter any military alliances with anyone they just wanted to stop being a puppet/client state of Russia. Also the only two things Russia has go

Ukraine did not enter any military alliances with anyone they just wanted to stop being a puppet/client state of Russia. Also the only two things Russia has going for it are their energy resources and their nukes. It's a poor second tier/regional power without that (even with the oil/gas/etc. it still has a 2.5x lower GDP than Germany despite an almost 2x higher population).