dimmaburger: They are the same interested parties in the conflict in Ukraine. This is a redistribution of influence, and ordinary people suffer.
Hogwash, only brainwashed putinists would believe (or claim) something like that. Similar argumentation how Hitler argued Germany invading Poland and other countries, or Stalin invading and threatening Baltic countries, Finland etc.
Ukrainians want to be more part of the west, because they can clearly understand it offers them more freedom, prosperity and safety, than Putin's Russia ever could.
NATO nor EU is not "expanding" anywhere; sovereign smaller countries want to join them in Europe, in order to avoid the threat of Russia. No one in e.g. Baltic countries is sorry for joining EU and NATO.
You will see Finland joining NATO next, and you can thank Putin for that. Before most Finnish people didn't consider it important, now most Finns want to join NATO ASAP. We pushed you guys back already once, and we want to make sure that we are more prepared for future aggressions from Russia.