In my opinion, situation with US support of coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014 very much resembles situation with US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Pretext for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 were allegations that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. But after Iraq had been occupied by NATO forces, no such weapons were ever found.
Pretext for the US government's support of the coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014 were allegations that there was massive corruption in Ukraine under the then president Viktor Yanukovitch. After the coup the US government imposed sanctions on Viktor Yanukovitch, then Barak Obama personally named him a corrupt ruler, see here.
Pretext for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 were allegations that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. But after Iraq had been occupied by NATO forces, no such weapons were ever found.
Pretext for the US government's support of the coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014 were allegations that there was massive corruption in Ukraine under the then president Viktor Yanukovitch. After the coup the US government imposed sanctions on Viktor Yanukovitch, then Barak Obama personally named him a corrupt ruler, see here.
