Agreed. The below is from an interview Zelensky gave.
“...the response was very clear, you’re not going to be a NATO member, but publicly, the doors will remain open.”
They publicly spoke and wrote articles about Ukraine joining Nato, but had no intention of that happening.
https://www.islamtimes.org/en/news/984878/zelensky-reveals-nato-s-true-stance-on-ukraine-accession
There has always been a good reason Ukraine was never admitted to the EU or NATO by the West since their young statehood in 1991. CORRUPTION.
If being rejected repeatedly since 1991, why the 180 degree turn today?
Again, corruption, severe corruption at the highest levels….there is no hope for redemption.