Whatever they wanted to achieve, they didn't stop shooting/shelling the donbas for 10 years. "Revolution of dignity" for me, democide for thee.
On the topic of who sponsored the coup, after a decade and close to hundred billion of "aid" from the west, I can only add this to the picture as it is painfully obvious already who owns the Kiev regime:
https://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2014/03/ukraine-gold-reserve-put-on-plane-for.html
The plunder goes to the conquerors.