Ukraine was ruled by a Russian puppet before the Euromaidan. Then finally, they started to get their act together but they still had to deal with corruption.
Both Poland and South Korea have large standing armies to deter their hostile neighbors.
“Ukraine was ruled by a Russian puppet before the Euromaidan. Then finally, they started to get their act together but they still had to deal with corruption.”
Looks like Ukraine still has work to do on “corruption”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72p0xx410xo
“Ukraine was ruled by a Russian puppet before the Euromaidan. Then finally, they started to get their act together but they still had to deal with corruption.”
That was ten years ago. They did very little even after Russia stole the Crimea and started making trouble in the Donbas.