Quote Originally Posted by Looper
Ukraine was on a path to closer ties with Europe.

Russia tried to corrupt that process and succeeded in getting the Ukraine president to back out of the Ukraine-Euro association aggreement. This went against the wishes of the Ukrainian people and resulted in unrest and a coup.
You should inform yourself why "the Ukraine president to back out of the Ukraine-Euro association aggreement." At the last minute the EU (on an advice of a higher power) changed their commitment.

And that "This went against the wishes of the Ukrainian people and resulted in unrest and a coup."???

Surely the $5B that the Nuland brought in had to result in an unrest. Many of the "unrested Ukraine people" spoke a languages that the real Ukrainers did not understand