I’ve been saying what you’re saying—why do the Ukies want to be in EU?
You really want to know ?
The West has been pushing on Westernizing eastern Europe for decades. By “the West”, I mean US/UK financial elites.
The USAID “State Department” program and very influential quasi-government “foundations” like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_Democracy work in concert with various private sector “big business/Wall Street” entities, as well as US intelligence agencies, to “spread democracy and free trade” around the world.
It matters not at all who the US President is, these projects continue anyway.
Here’s a lengthy report on just a few details of the past 20 years of Ukraine, with supporting links.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3126045/posts