The NATO aid package for Ukraine announced on April 2, 2020, was welcome news in the midst of the current global crisis, the repercussions of which will further weaken global peace and security. For the sake of peace, NATO can and must do more. Since Ukraine’s independence, the West has followed the political and economic developments in Ukraine with varied degrees of interest and involvement depending on the global political climate.

However, the West’s mindset was mostly Russo-centric.