That's what the State Department does - attempt to get people friendly to American interests in power. The Russian Foreign Ministry tries to get its people on top. They lost this round and chose to invade Ukraine. Your sympathy for your co-ethnics is understandable as a purely tribal reflex. The problem is that tribal reflexes and American interests are not necessarily compatible.
Color me skeptical, but given the track record, my inclination is to disbelieve that the Obama State Department has “American interests” at heart.