You have it backwards. We leveraged timing with the Sochi Olympics and threw the putsch precisely during the Olympics. We also used it to rub Russia’s nose in homosexuality.
That is why they secured Crimea when they did. The Ukes and DC intended Sevastopol to be a NATO navy base. And it probably saved Crimean citizens from the fate of those poor souls in Odessa at the hands of Uke militias.
“The Ukes and DC intended Sevastopol to be a NATO navy base.”
So what if they did? It is Ukrainian territory and if the Ukies want to use it for NATO then that’s their business.