Vladimir Putin has been gathering people to fight for the Russian army for a long time. When he saw that he didn’t obtain what he wanted from Ukraine, he started to prepare for the massive attack.
This is why he sent thousands of armed people and several tanks in cities such as Donetsk and Luhansk, two of the independent areas in the country, in order “to maintain peace”, as the Russian leader stated.
Putin’s arrangement made a lot of citizens scared of what was about to happen next. However, during that time, everyone was hoping that there won’t be an actual war.