The USA's meddling in the affairs of Ukraine was never going to end and it kicked into a second gear after the events of 2013/2014, particularly in the area of military and intelligence. Russia accepted that the USA was going to meddle in Ukraine until they achieve their objective, and Russia decided to have a say in it. Not the best scenario, but probably the only one. People must stop looking at taking back of Crimea by Russia as an invasion. Even the current poster boy of the western anti Russia propaganda, Navalny was of the same opinion.
In a LiveJournal post, Navalny wrote that the fact that Ukraine controlled Crimea—an area transferred by Soviet authorities to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954—was “wrong, unfair and insulting to any normal resident of the Russian Federation.” Asked if it was “right that Crimea belongs to Ukraine,” Navalny responded, “Of course not.”
