Is Ukraine under the influence of the U.S?

Question: There is a theory that the revolution on Maidan, which resulted in President Yanukovych overthrow, was organized by the American government, and that after this revolution the United States brought Ukraine under external control. Recently published USAID documents showing the funding of various organizations in Ukraine, including some government-related ones, are often cited as evidence. What do we need to change in our collective psychology to stop looking for a big brother and to escape U.S. influence?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2025 Ukraine Webinar.

Well, as ascended masters we never encourage our students to delve too deeply into conspiracy theories, and this is a conspiracy theory. If Ukraine had been under United States control, why would they have allowed Putin to take over Crimea and then start the full-scale invasion? This simply does not add up. It does not mean that there was not some funding through CIA and other governments and organizations which there have been in many countries where the U.S. had been trying to create some kind of what they define as progress or create some kind of stability.

I am not saying that there was not some funding and involvement, but to say that after the Maidan revolution America took control of Ukraine is clearly contradicted by the Russian actions in eastern Ukraine and Crimea and now the full-scale invasion.