Here is an excellent video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0FwSqM-sWQ, characterizing the situation around Ukraine and the place of this conflict in geopolitics. Main points:
1) Europe has no awareness of its role on the geopolitical arena; long-term planning and a geopolitical strategy as such are absent
2) The European intelligentsia and a significant part of society are well aware of what is happening and do not succumb to pro-American propaganda
3) Europe is a puppet in the hands of the USA
4) A military coup took place in Ukraine a year ago, sponsored by the USA in order to implement its geopolitical strategy.