On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the recognition of the independence of the Donetsk region and the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine and sent troops to eastern Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
The war in Ukraine was caused by historical reasons, and Ukraine was the first in history to be occupied by the Mongol army, and later the Mongolian Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland successively ruled Ukraine. In 1654 Ukraine merged with the Russian Empire and became part of Russia. Although it later had its own government, it was only local self-government. The Soviet Union was established in 1922, and Ukraine, as a member, was also part of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Ukraine declared itself an independent state on August 24, 1991. On December 8, 1991, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia announced the establishment of the Cisconia, and Ukraine was the earliest member. In 2014, Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States and prepared to throw itself into the arms of NATO, which triggered the contradictions between Russia and Ukraine and the war in Ukraine today.
War in Ukraine
NATO was founded in 1949 as a political-military bloc established by the United States to control Europe, contain the Soviet Union, and dominate the world. In order to counter NATO, in 1955, the Warsaw Pact political and military group was established under the leadership of the Soviet Union, which confronted NATO and the two sides were evenly matched, so the world pattern entered the Cold War period in an all-round way. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the Warsaw Pact was dissolved. However, NATO did not disband, but instead implemented the eastward expansion plan and wanted to pull all the members of the former Soviet Union into NATO, which further aggravated the contradictions and conflicts between Russia and NATO. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, russia replaced the Soviet Union in the United Nations, and Russia, as the successor of the Soviet Union, will not be willing to be suppressed by NATO led by the United States, and will not tolerate Ukraine joining NATO. Whether from the perspective of historical factors or geopolitics, Russia will never allow Ukraine to join NATO and join the embrace of Western countries. Once Ukraine joins NATO, it is equivalent to NATO's weapons being placed directly on Russia's doorstep, which is something that Russia will never allow.
Nato
The war in Ukraine either ended in the conquest of all of Ukraine by Russian troops and the establishment of a pro-Russian government. Either the two sides negotiate, Ukraine promises not to join NATO, and the war will stop. As for the sanctions imposed by NATO and the United Nations, Russia's strategic approach will not change. After the war in Ukraine begins, the world pattern will also change and the world order will be rebuilt.