The sad thing about these guys waving EU flags is that A LOT of regular people in the EU definitely do not want another Eastern country in the EU, particularly not one which has well known economic issues. And among the elites, they would want Ukraine in, to exploit it, to put it bluntly.
The more I think about this, the more I wonder.
I don't know what Russia's intentions regarding Ukraine are.

Saw that there was an anti-EU demonstration in Moldova today. Apparently they are really against the EU there. Surprised to hear that, but if they want closer integration with the CIS, that's for them to decide. I thought they would want to be in the EU like Romania, clearly there is more to the story.

Personally I would like Ukraine to be an EU member, but I have no strong feelings about it.

And frankly, I wonder if it's really in Ukraine's best interest. It's pretty obvious that several of the Eastern European countries that joined recently have just been plucked off the good bits of their economy, but Western European companies, have become outsourcing locations, and sites for undesirable industries. In some cases, it's worked out "well" in that a lot of factories have been relocated to the East because it's cheaper and less workers rights (how ironic is that....) But at least it offers jobs.

I work in a multinational corporation right now, and I am aware that they are putting a lot of European IT services, including call centre in Budapest. HR administration is already being done by a third party in Poland and some software development in Slovenia. Thanks to the EU expansion, I think it might cheaper to do these services out of these EU countries, than in India + it's almost on the same time zone. Eastern European countries don't get the agricultural support that the old member states get. It's a 1st and 2nd tier Europe.

Plus ever waitress and barista in London is from Eastern Europe. Wtf - is this what European unity is about; is this what we wanted when we dreamt of Paneuropa.... ? The vision has been hijacked, or it was never realistic. It was supposed to be about solidarity and peace.