All the USA did was place itself at the top of that system in an attempt to push out Russian influence.
....so it was the existing Russian influence that made it the craphole it was. No wonder the pro-west Maidan that erupted when
Yanukovich renegged on his promise to go west.
You are missing much of the equation. Remember, Ukraine has been Russian-influenced basically FOREVER. And the Maidan was only a culmination of decades of Western attempts to pull it away from its Russian roots.
No one likes the analogy, but imagine Mexico, with the help of China, trying to purge California of its Anglo culture and political influence.
That's where Ukraine is now. Its why Zelensky and his Azov guards have banned Russian language, Russian education, Russian-connected religion. We are supporting a brutal cultural revolution, as well as an outright war.
In such a conflict, Ukraine was going to be destroyed in all ways sooner or later.
And yet the ordinary Ukrainian continues to show resilience and creativity. Here is an example that while useful for the farmer who invented it could be copied, spread widely, and make some inventive business person in Ukraine some real income and help the country on a much larger scale. Large numbers of Russian mines in Ukraine fields is seriously slowing spring planting.