you have a point that they teased with nato at the start, but you seem to have purposefully left out the 4 years preceding the invasion of crimea. I wonder why?

the action plan culminated in 2009 with Ukraine codifying into law in 2010 a neutral status where it could not join military alliances. This was to appease the pro Russian government. Then RU invaded in 2014 for wheat fields and a deep water port. If russia played it cool ukraine would still be in the non military alliance camp.

nice try pigeon