In the liberal imagination, history started this morning, every morning, unfortunately. Historical context is practically irrelevant to them once they've been told which side to pick.

I'm fairly sure that if you asked Ukrainians, there'd be a clear victory for 'please can everyone stop aiming RPGs at my grandma's house and my son's school?' although I'd expect regional split in the answers. The only people who root for war like this are (if there's a difference between them) psychopaths, liberals who are far from the frontlines, and fascists.

there was no question about it left to the Ukrainians.

Except for the nearly a million Euromaidan protesters and half the country in support of protest, with the support rising after the supposed "coup"? The very protest that set the "coup" in motion because Russia used the corrupt pro-russia prime minister to strike down the pro-eu deal. Seems to me like Ukrainians wanted this "coup".