Ukraine was one of the biggest suppliers in the world for soft core child porn.
They had several sites, and thousands of subscribers.
Once the cartel gets control of a country and elections, they see it as an operating base, cause they have the power of the government and can't be voted out. As can be noted in Venezuela, the citizenry is then just an annoyance. California is very close to being there.
Money funneling, drug and human trafficking, and murders can be deployed with the approval of the state.
During the Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush-Obama-Obama years, the US facilitated the fall of many small countries. Ukraine was one of them.
So close to taking America out forever.
Infiltrated instead of invaded.