How did we get to where we are now in Ukraine and why did it become a flashpoint? It all started when Viktor Yanukovych was ousted on 2/21/14 and the Neocon putsch in Ukraine is complete on 2/22/14. That was eight years ago.  2014 + 8 = 2022.  Meanwhile, Donetsk and Luhansk begin THEIR independence on 2/22/22 with Pluto in Capricorn at 27 degrees, the same degree as the US Pluto, based upon the initial signing of the Declaration of Independence.