Yes, you did imply that western Ukraine was hopeless and controlled by neo-Nazis. Notice the girls’ flag has messages of encouragement from all over the Ukraine. Ukrainians generally take pride in being Ukrainian and so they would not be better off as part of Poland or any other country. My extended family members in the Crimea do not want to be part of Russia. They are Ukrainian.
They are not neo-Nazis either.
If they want to be Ukrainian, fine....but why should the US give them any money? Why shouldn't they set up a functioning economy on their own? If protestors had pulled a stunt like those burning tires and violent coup in the US, they would've been shot.
We're stuck with the people we vote for, and hope we do better in the next election. Why should we support the mentality of a violent coup, especially where they were promised early elections?