The crazy corrupt neocons had it all figured out. They run a coup d'etat in Kiev, install even more corrupt leaders and split the spoils. Heck, they had already awarded a contract for work at the Russian Sevastopol Navy Station to switch it to the U.S.(NATO). Meanwhile, the people of Ukraine got screwed. Pensions were cut in half.
Oh yeah, they started prepping for the coup in 20212/2013 by stealing natural gas from the Russian trans-Ukraine pipelines taking gas to Central Europe. That's why Nord Stream I was build. The coup of 2014 brought on Nord Stream II. The Ukrainian people know who their enemies are.