I think it depends what we mean by “ally”. One could make a quite convincing argument that Ukraine became a Western “ally” as a result of the Euromaidan coup in 2013.
therewhere two reasons, the first and was that NATO kept saber rattleing about the Ukraine joining, however it was admitted now that that was never a serious plan, and ontop of that, and importantly they where not. NATO was also desined to be a threat to the USSR and now Russia, as can be seen that both the USSR and Russia has tried multiple times to join NATO and being declined entry.
The second and more important was the contenuing genocide the Ukrainian government was carying out in dunbas and the violation of the Minsk Accords.
Ukraine wasn’t an “ally” until the invasion made them a useful pawn to bleed Russia.
I think it depends what we mean by “ally”. One could make a quite convincing argument that Ukraine became a Western “ally” as a result of the Euromaidan coup in 2013.
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therewhere two reasons, the first and was that NATO kept saber rattleing about the Ukraine joining, however it was admitted now that that was never a serious plan, and ontop of that, and importantly they where not. NATO was also desined to be a threat to the USSR and now Russia, as can be seen that both the USSR and Russia has tried multiple times to join NATO and being declined entry.
The second and more important was the contenuing genocide the Ukrainian government was carying out in dunbas and the violation of the Minsk Accords.