I don't think it's weird at all. Also, Poland has always been Western aligned (Catholicism and all). Kosovo would be a better example of a switch after a conf

I don't think it's weird at all. Also, Poland has always been Western aligned (Catholicism and all). Kosovo would be a better example of a switch after a conflict, and it is far from blooming. Ukraine has been the meeting point of the West (basically Poland) and East (basically Russia) for its entire history. The places at the interface of two cultures often see conflict. Ukraine does have a political party that argues for neutrality (Party of the Regions). Currently they are being cast as pro-Russian, but if you study their prewar position it is not the case at all.