Or any other country's for that matter?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
I know you've accused me of being anti-West/US in another thread. I replied to it even though your comment was deleted. I spelled out my stance very clearly there.
Later, he said both the US and Russia shouldn't dictate who Ukraine should be allied with. This is the consistent standard you're referring to.
It seems like he led himself into the realization that it's not black and white. It's grey. This is good.
If you want, you can tell us what you think about the topic of your consistent/double standards.
Russia has invaded several of their neighbouring countries - but never ones with NATO membership card. Russian invasion always leaves a trail of executions, torture, rape, murder of civilians, looting - warcrimes en masse - and piles of dead bodies.
If you are a former East-block country, who has experienced what it means to be under Russian rule/control, of course you want to be a member of NATO - because it is literally the only option - unless you want to become a vassal state like Belarus. If the baltic countries had not joined NATO, they would have been invaded as well.
Every single NATO member actively applied to become a member of NATO. The only realistic way for Ukraine to be safe from Russian invasion in the future is NATO membership or similar guarantees.