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In the sense that International Politics is more like a 3D chess game, this is good for the US for several reasons.

1) we have to opportunity to assist the Pro-Democracy movement in Ukraine.
2) We can use this as a marvelous pressure tactic against Russia in forcing them to assist us in Iran (the IAEA will be able to do little or nothing with out some pretty heavy backing from Russia and China both of whom are supporting Iran) and so far Putin has not really stepped up to the table to help us with that, Iraq and Terrorisism. It is a good stratgic barganing issue.
3) it keeps Russia REAL busy withinn it's own sphere of influence.
4) Pitting the EU and Russia against each other is a good thing. The Enemy of my enemy is my friend, and really both Russia AND the EU are not on our side, even if neither is totally against us. Better to have them ripping each other's throats out than messing with us.

As sad as it is, the Ukranian people are going to suffer the most. International Politics rarely benifits the people directly. Lots are going to get hurt, make no mistake. However, on the whole, it is better to have Russia and the EU at odds, it keeps them BOTH off our backs, AND gives us some much needed barganing capital.

Let's hope that the will of the people wins the day though. The Ukranian people deserve to have THEIR votes counted just as much as we here do. It is pretty clear that Russia's hand is very dirty in what is obviously a fradulent Election. I hope that justice wins the day for Ukraine's people!