Ukraine is not a puppet of the US or any other nation, it is an independent and free country and people who are fighting for their own freedom against brutal Russian oppression and tyranny.

You should read Glen Greenwald's latest discussion of this question, especially his quotations of that bloodless ghoul Jen Psaki, Victoria Nuland, and John Kirby. The USG has a history of running Ukraine, from a coup to blocking a cease-fire because they want Putin out. The Biden administration and the security state are running a proxy war and have no interest in ending it.

The Empire is shrinking and its leaders are losing control of what remains, precisely because there are chinks in their propaganda armor made by independent journalists.