Wars and proxy wars since 1776.
EDIT: The post is not an endorsement of the USSR. You can now stop fighting for your "team" and start defending the anti-war values you claim to uphold.
Please go read a book. I recommend Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder it gives a better understanding what's going on for the past two decades. And despite being published in 2018 it made it clear that the 2022 full invasion would happen sooner or later.