Well, the issue shall shortly be moot.
Finland and Sweden are both joining NATO before the end of May if not before the end of April. Austria might be thinking about NATO membership, too.
And once they join NATO then Russia might issue blustery threats and maybe do something stupid along the border but that’s going to be all.
And sanctions will deter Russia from attacking Ukraine. I’ve heard so many wrong calls and predictions over the years. Trump will never be President, Biden will never be President, elections will never be rigged. America will never elect a black man Maduro government is on on the brink, Assad must go, chemical weapons is a red line, Iraqis will greet us as liberators, It’s too many to count. Being wrong is fine but the God complex, of thinking you know how everything will play out without ever accessing alternative outcomes should probably stop. It has, without exaggeration, killed millions.