https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93NATO_relations
The US is supposed to have agency and bad intent.
Ukraine has no agency.
Russia is just acting reactively to provocations.
See also wife beater logic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NATO_operations
Russias melting permafrost has made many natural resources available. I bet some political do ors want to get their hands on those resources.
But that’s not the context that Ukraine wants to join NATO in, Ukraine wants to join NATO to permanently kick the Russian imperialistic invaders out of their country and making sure they never come back.
Effectively just holding Russia to the multiple agreements they signed where they promised to respect and not threaten Ukraines borders or sovereignty.