Could the OTL Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2014 have been avoided?

Background
President Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko courted controversy and annoyed Russia often between 2005 and 2010, so Russia cut gas supply for a few months in circa 2008.

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, who is President of Belarus, has also done like wise, but to a lesser extent, but was also bullied with a short gas cut in circa 2008.

His replacement, Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych was an aleged crook who is proven to have lived in a luxury dacha, was overthrown in the Febuary of 2014 by a de facto nationalist coup after a long running pro-democracy protest movement in Kiev. The 'blond-bombshell' 1990's politician, come political prisoner, come wheelchair bound political agitator, Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko also did her bit to excite the rebel crowds in Kiev.

Livov also rebelled and booted out the local authorities a few days before the government partly fell, the Mayor of Kiev quit and the president fled. The head of the Armed forces had quit some time earlier, along with several government officials, an earlier Mayor of Kiev and the head of the nations riot police.

Ukraine crisis
Russia took over the Crimean Peninsular peacefully after ethnic-political scuffles had broken out in Simpferovpol, Kiev, Lvov, Odessa, Sevastopol, Donetsk and Kharkov and the Ukrainian navy less 1 renegade or forgotten coastal patrol boat fled.

Several ethnic Ukrainians have been reportedly leaving the Crimea, while most are reluctantly collaborating, a few like the Navy Chief of Staff are occasional openly defecting or becoming prisoners in there bases like the local army garrison ant Simperofpol if they are ethnically Ukrainian military personnel. Masked and unidentified gunmen set up guard the gate of of the surrounded infantry base in Privolnoye to stop the Ukrainians getting out on March the 1st.

Due to the Crimea's long historical ties to Russia, it has major racial, cultural and strategic interest in the Crimea Peninsular, especially at the Sevastopol Navy base and the city of Simpferovpol.

Ukraine's New Navy Head, Denis Berezovsky, Defected on the 3rd of March after 1 day in the job after his predecessor had fled with the Ukrainian Navy.

British Foreign Secretary, William Hague said on March 2nd, 2014 that he is traveling to Kiev to talk with Ukraine's new leaders to discuss ways out of the crisis. He arrived on the 3rd. Secretary of State John Kerry, German Chancelor Anglia Merkel and Poland's President Donald Tusk also the annexing of Crimea on March 2nd.

The future
Due to the he ethnic issues taking place Russia is justified as is annexingt he Crimea and the now rebellious ethnic Russian towns of Kharkov and Donetsk, but going west of the Dnieper River enters mostly ethnically Ukrainian territory, plus a few % of poles, Lemko, Bulgars, Magyar and Romanians is going to far! Crossing the Dnieper without good cause would be excessive and neo-colonialist.

The Crimean Tartars have indicated the desire to stay neutral, but will fight back if attacked.

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, who is President of Belarus, has also been bullied by a short gas cut in circa 2008, so is his nation next, I wonder?