Who did they join before NATO?
If there were no military conflict during that time, they should stick to it to avoid war since they are no position to win. There were disputes between the two countries but it didn't end in war.
They were a part of the Budapest Memorandum: Russia, the UK and America agreed to protect Ukraine and a few other countries in the region in exchange for giving up their nuclear weapons.
If there were no military conflict during that time, they should stick to it to avoid war since they are no position to win. There were disputes between the two countries but it didn't end in war.
They've been in a military conflict since Russia took Crimea 8 years ago.