Predictions of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine came true in the early morning hours of February 24, 2022.

Russia had amassed up to 190,000 troops – according to reports from the U.S. – on Ukraine’s borders over the course of many months.

The buildup of forces around Russia’s neighbor and former Soviet Union state started in late 2021 and escalated earlier this year.

What Caused World War III?

Russia and Ukraine have what either side could depict as a typical or complicated inheritance that goes back 1,000 years.

Somewhat recently, Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of Europe, was one of the most crowded and strong republics in the previous USSR as well as a rural staple until it announced autonomy in 1991, as per the Council on Foreign Relations.

In any case, Russia has since watched out for its neighbor toward the West, while Ukrainians have viewed their autonomy as wild now and again, with times of fights and government defilement.

Ukraine’s aspirations to adjust itself more to Western nations – remembering its freely expressed interest for joining NATO, which itself was established essentially to some extent to stop Soviet development – has been met with animosity from Russia, the council notes.

Strains reached a crucial stage in 2014 after Ukrainians expelled a Russia-adjusted president.

Russia – under the questionable case of safeguarding ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers from Ukrainian abuse – attached the Crimea locale of Ukraine in a move broadly censured by the worldwide local area.

At about a similar time, Russia instigated disagreement in the Donbas area of eastern Ukraine, moving a dissenter development in the districts of Donetsk and Luhansk that brought about equipped clash.

The locales pronounced autonomy as the two sides delved into an extended stalemate.

The war between the two nations has continued since, with no less than 14,000 individuals passing on, as per the commitment.

Russia started growing its military presence around Ukraine – including in Belarus, a close Russian ally to the north of Ukraine – in late 2021 under various pretenses while remaining vague on its intentions.