"The fact that we are here today with a very weak Russia - having had the entirety of the Ukraine turn away from Russia and towards the EU and having to have engaged in a panicky reaction of invasion - is a result, in part, of the United States strength on this issue. Standing with the protesters throughout that difficult period of time at the end of last year and the beginning of this year." - Democrat Senator Chris Murphy (Conn)

So Putin is so afraid that Obama had secured Ukraine’s EU-centric future, that he freaked out, overcame his fears, ignored all that supposed 'strength', and invaded? Uh...what?