Of course, Ukrainians my actually be rethinking the NATO idea, seeing it is a discussion club, not a defence pact they assumed it to be and will be looking for other, more solid defence arrangements, whether independent or in conjunction — perhaps some Central/Eastern European defense structure with US backing.

The point here is that they think they have a very good reason for it. And I agree that they do, as long as Putin & Thugs Co. rules Russia.