Ah yes, since NATO is already surrounding them, it doesn't matter if a very big neighbor also joins NATO and almost completes the encirclement. Is this your argument?

Don't you see this is all an escalation of the tensions with Russia ? We are isolating them completely, so better be prepared for some resistance.

I am not an expert in Ukrain-Russia relations. But more efforts to remain neutral would have been a better move, in hindsight.

Russia can continue playing this game more than the West.