1) Obama's admittance in an interview on CNN > Mr. Putin made this decision around Crimea and Ukraine - not because of some grand strategy, but essentially bec

1) Obama's admittance in an interview on CNN > Mr. Putin made this decision around Crimea and Ukraine - not because of some grand strategy, but essentially because he was caught off-balance by the protests in the Maidan and Yanukovych then fleeing after we had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/02/01/pres-obama-on-fareed-zakaria-gps-cnn-exclusive/ http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/02/01/pres-obama-on-f... 2) Emails between the NATO general and US political staff, regarding US involvement in Ukraine politics during that time. https://theintercept.com/2016/07/01/nato-general-emails/ https://theintercept.com/2016/07/01/nato-general-emails/ 3) NATO agreed not to expand to the East in 1990 when the SU broke up, and Crimea Voted To Rejoin Russia. Edit: Feel free to Listen to the Phone call between Nuland and Pyatt from 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957