Exactly. Ukraine’s attempt to join NATO started AFTER the Russians invaded in 2014, not before.
It is Russian aggression that fuels the expansion of NATO, not the other way around.
NO. DON'T LIE. It started, at least, when Bush declared at Bucharest in 2008. The April 3, 2008 Bucharest summit says:
23. NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO.