Of course, Yanukovych was a kleptocrat. Problem is, those who evicted him surpassed him easily in such rating, and in many others (see a snippet from Derkach’s interview inside the link).

For example, compare Western reaction about January 16, 2014 laws with what happened after Zelensky’s regime passed (and continues to implement) much more strict laws, rivaling Latam dictatorships of 1970s and 1980s.

Essentially, Ukraine has already fallen to Russian level of autocracy and even lower, by some benchmarks.