Yanukovych got elected in 2010 on a campaign of closer ties to the EU, you think that it was US diplomats that crafted that strategy for him?
Was it also US diplomats that told him to backpedal on his campaign promises 3 years later and take a big Russian dump on the citizens of Ukraine and then start killing them outright when they protested?
We'll just pretend that during this time that
Russia didn't embargo all Ukrainian imports, and
threaten their very sovereignty, just for even thinking of signing a trade agreement with the EU.
As much as some of you can't stand to admit it, there are things that happen on this planet that have little to nothing to do with the US.