Elected leaders are the ones moving to separate from the activists in Keiv, not street agitators.
Turchynov is in the process of outlawing street demonstrations, much like the actions his fellow activists rebelled against.
Only the people of Ukraine can chose their future, and that can not happen without open elections.
Rule by force by unelected “officials” is not in the best interests of Ukraine.
East and West Ukraine are more divided than ever, and each side does not trust the other. The fractures were present, and growing, for a long tome, especially as the economic futures of Ukraine and Russia began to diverge sharply.
It isn’t nearly as simple as that, of course, But Putin moving to counter US and NGO destabilization of Ukraine only requires a small push, not a huge invasion.
Look at how Crimea went down.