No. The plan was to prevent a strong Europe from happening.

Imagine what that cheap Russian energy flowing would do for the EU economy. What if that lead to stronger cooperation with Russia and, God help, perhaps Russia even joining the EU?

De Gaulle's vision"from the Atlantic to the Urals" was shared by Gorbatsjov and now Macron and Putin. Yes. Putin. Putin quotes Gorbatsjov: "from Lisbon to Vladivostok" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkeS6if-9jM

A Eurasian powerhouse would be a credible rival to the US global economic hegemony. It had to be prevented at all costs. The Ukrainians are useful idiots, friends to be sacrificed, pushed under the bus, for the US's better good.