In a similar vein - US military and industrial complex is without a war, and suddenly, out of the blue, a tiny European country that previously hosted US military bases and secret prisons - decides to irritate the main US geopolitical rival on the other side of the world, for no reason whatsoever, despite sharp majority public disapproval of these actions (Lithuania - China diplomatic spat)

It's shocking how the whole propaganda machine completely avoids Ukraine's conduct in ramping up the tensions:

* reneged on their ceasefire treaty pledge to provide reasonable minority rights to ethnic Russians in Ukraine (17% of the population)

* banned ethnic Russians from holding positions of power

* banned several opposition TV channels

* previous prime minister (democratically elected, ethnic Ukrainian) on trial for treason

* another diplomat, who tried good-faith negotiations with Russia - on trial for treason

* in a minor bureaucratic dispute with Poland about trucking quotas, Ukraine, in all their wisdom, decided to cut ALL RAIL to Poland

* all done by a prime minister with approval rating of below 20%

There are no good guys in this fight. It's either Russia's paranoia driven territory carving, or Ukraine's extreme levels of corruption and toxic nationalism