Could you be a bit more specific in what agreement the Obama admin did not honor? Which parts and how?
We should know by now whenever region moves away from an authoritarian power's orbit is regarded by these powers' as some kind of foreign influence and subversive operation. They think it's impossible that the people themselves actually don't like authoritarian governments. It's the same in Russia, China, Iran, North Korea etc etc etc.
The city/rural biases don't help either as you mostly see people with similar views to you.
Putins rating raised to 86% after Crimea annexation. Ukraine joined West in propaganda. It's just a fuel for informational autocracy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit...