I agree it was always about resources, that's why it's long been Russian policy to forcibly occupy the iron and coal rich Donbass, starting in tsarist times, co

I agree it was always about resources, that's why it's long been Russian policy to forcibly occupy the iron and coal rich Donbass, starting in tsarist times, continuing during soviet times and reaching its culmination now. The US didn't have to stage no coup, the Ukrainian people knew very well that Russia would never respect Ukraine's territorial integrity, as they have been proving almost continously for over a century now.