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Second Cold War
Map of the Second Cold War
Date February 24, 2022 – present Location Global Status Ongoing
Belligerents
NATO and allies United States United Kingdom Israel Ukraine	Axis of Resistance and allies Russia China Iran North Korea
Commanders and leaders
Joe Biden Rishi Sunak Emmanuel Macron Volodymyr Zelenskyy Benjamin Netanyahu Yoon Suk Yeol	Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping Ali Khamenei Kim Jong Un Alexander Lukashenko Min Aung Hlaing Bashar al-Assad Hassan Nasrallah Yahya Sinwar Abdul-Malik al-Houthi Nicolas Maduro
Strength
2,866,500 troops	5,397,500 troops
Casualties and losses
109,872 dead 1,542,484 wounded	637,748 dead 1,924,678 wounded

The Second Cold War is an ongoing period of geopolitical tension, centered around a series of proxy conflicts largely centered around Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar and the Red Sea.

The series of conflicts began in 2022, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, it escalated due to the Israel–Hamas war. The Second Cold War's beginning date is disputed, with sources differing on saying it was 2011 and 2020. The generally agreed upon date is February 24, 2022.

Background

The Cold War was a period of tension between the United States and Soviet Union, starting with the Truman Doctrine and ending with the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Following the collapse, the Russian Federation was founded and quickly fell into anarchy, with the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis occuring.

In 2008, Russia invaded Georgia and recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent. Georgia was defeated within a day and to this day does not have control over Abkhazia or South Ossetia.

In 2014, Russia invaded Crimea and sponsored seperatists in Donbass, starting the Russo-Ukrainian War. Ukraine would begin a counteroffensive, called the Joint Forces Operation.

In 2018, Russia interfered in the 2018 United States elections, as they did in 2016.

In 2021, Russia started massing up troops on the border with Ukraine,

On February 21, 2022, Russia recognized the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent, before sending troops into the Donbas.

On February 24, 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine began with Vladimir Putin declaring a special military operation