Since a little before the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics, there has been turmoil in Ukraine.

Ukraine is a former country of the Soviet Union and has recently become the staging ground for what could become the second Cold War, or worse.

After thousands of protestors gathered all across Ukraine in an attempt to change their president’s mind in his vetoing of a bill that would have joined Ukraine to the European Union, former president, Viktor Yanukovych, ordered troops and armed police to clear the protestors. What happened after was a bloody, although short, civil war which landed Yanukovych on the run from the Ukrainian government. After he decided to flee Ukraine, the current chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Oleksandr Turchynov, took office. Ukraine’s government, not entirely stable, was rocked further by Russian interference.

The Russian government was the head of the Soviet Union during its existence and, when it collapsed, the country signed a treaty with Ukraine saying that they would never attempt to take land that was under the sovereignty of the Ukrainian government.

For the last few weeks, armed soldiers, who speak Russian, drive Russian tanks, and speak Russian have been occupying part of Ukraine called Crimea. These soldiers are not wearing Russian flags or any identifying symbols, but, when asked, several of them have said that they are Russian soldiers.

To most of the world, what Russia is currently doing appears to be a land grab, in an attempt to re-establish the glory days of the Soviet Union. With previous land grabs by Russia within the last ten years, namely Georgia and their involvement in Syria, it is hard to come up with a reasonable counter argument. It may not be time to rebuild that bunker in your back yard just yet, but keep a close eye on the events unfolding in Eastern Europe.