Ukraine will choose the path of its foreign policy development itself, including which military and political blocs to join and where to send its missiles, and the force, blackmail and threats that Russia has always used in such cases only add to the determination of Ukrainians to defend their sovereignty and independence .
It's not Ukraine that chooses the path of its foreign policy development but the Biden administration. Russia will not allow that to happen.
In reality Ukrainians do not have any sovereignty and independence because they are ruled by the Biden adminitration,
Hence Putin started this military operation in order to restore sovereignty and independence in Ukraine. Independence from the West that is.