On February 24 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine which was a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War which a war that began in 2014.
Before the invasion, Ukraine was a cleft country. A cleft country is a nation with a fairly large and distinct cultural groupings as to have separated (e.g., Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia), semi-separated (e.g., Sudan, Tanzania), or have a threat of separatism (e.g., Canada).[1]
The 2 main reasons why I don't believe that April 2022 was a pivotal moment in the future of global politics for decades to come
1. Cleft countries are powderkegs.