Yeah, U.S. proxy war with Russia, paid for by American taxpayers, and none of the billions sent to Ukraine accounted-for.
"Exactly how does Ukraine defend itself..."
Well, they could have started back in Budapest, Hungary in 1994, and told the U.K., Russia and Bill Clinton, along with Donald Blinken, the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, to take a hike, and not given up their nukes. For making themselves vulnerable, Kyiv received financial assistance from the United States, cheap energy supplies from Russia, and security guarantees. Of course the offer of money came first. That always turns heads, and changes minds doesn't it? And although the UK was a part of it, what compensation other than a loose promise of security down the line did the UK puke up?
Are you really okay with forcing men to fight and die for Ukraine, when their own government won't even let them voice their opinions at the ballot box on what the future of the country should be, their own future, and the survival of their families?
We are talking about now, not the past. Exactly how does Ukraine resist a Russian invasion now without fighting? Nor are the Ukrainians reluctant to defend themselves. Stop your wishful thinking, Ukrainians are overwhelmingly supportive of the war. As for the suspended elections, Zelensky was following the provision of the constitutions. Churchill, too, suspended elections during the war. Do you think that the British were being forced to fight the war against their will?