Considering the US essentially sponsored the coup in Ukraine that ousted its leader after he decided that he didn't want to do a deal with the EU after all; and the 'lovely' Victoria Nuland's phone call discussing exactly who would be in charge in Ukraine afterwards, it's pretty difficult to not to point the finger at the US.
In every fight, the party who started it automatically takes the role of the 'bad guy', and they definitely started it.
RE: EU Sanctions on Russia Extended