So you would rather be a slave to fear than be free?
There was a time to address this situation long before now. But that's spilt milk at the moment. And it's not just NATO & the USA that is upset with Russia. Azerbaijan, Poland, Germany, Georgia, Turkey, and many others are aiding Ukraine in their struggle. Just because they don't make headlines doesn't mean they are so passive.
I have friends in that neighborhood. They are rightfully worried. And they are not worried about countries like Ukraine attacking them. There is only one bear. Ukraine happens to remember the potato famine of the 30's...when Stalin exported every last crumb of food out of Ukraine....the people starved to death even though they grew more than enough food to feed everyone in the USSR.