I think it began in the Syrian conflict.
such proxy war cant be compared to the risks Russia face with the Georgia will to join nato, simply it acted in time to secure disputed conflict territory so Georgia could not be eligible for nato accession “charter precludes any state with disputed borders from joining” [1][1] the same from start even when the coup in Kiev was executed russian speaking regions declared independence, so in context of 2008 vs 2014 greater pivot for geopolitical clash that 2008 was the anchor of all later causality till now!
some indirect spin would have been the yasmin revolutions and the idea along Afghanistan and all Middle East first to be secured an arab caliphate that would be springboard for the next phase encirclement, eventually the same loosened how Russia helped Syria, then after Turkey was secured with Erdogan as less prone for direct confrontation with Russia as first southern nato member, but also was glitch for the finish and swedish joining in nato, on and one, later phases of the very same chain strategy for encircling Russia till final direct confrontation!
now all that got extra skewed as scenario and is shaping and reshaping on the go, yet what will dictate what will happen later is how Russia and China will decide to cease the opportunity for fast flip of “deir” lead, hm more and more probable now with the recent iranian invasion by usA and Asrael!?, will we see escalation, obviously euroatlantic determinists are pushing for such momentum, and we can only Pray such shear nuclear exchange will not happen!, in effect not just nuclear but who knows what kind else of scifi weapon exchange if indeed all modern empires have AFT tech [2]
here is interesting analysis of Ezekiel prophecy regards the times that are coming, tho You’ll need some balkan neighbor that come from the serbian or croatian even macedonian heritage to translate it for You …
what is interesting from this eschatological analysis is the future conversion of Jews to Christianity, for what probably now with bibi on head as blessed by chabadeans [1-9] first need to be seen kabalists as evil wrong sorcerers that would bring misery to asraelis coz it false eschatology with bibi as jewish zionist messiah, but also “deir” mass m’rna jabs exodus of whole asraeli population on what adds probably a.i. hijack due to the graphen oxide in the jabs which acts as cortical modem so all citizens would be hived promptly, etc. etc. wrongness of chabadean kabbalists that now (and probably even from the beginning) were the prime motor behind zionism!, and just day after such awareness and extra suffering will push Jews to abandon kabalism and accept Jesus Christ …