A ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, 2022, Rasha ta kaddamar da wani gagarumin farmaki a Ukraine, makwabciyarta a kudu maso yammacin kasar, wanda ke nuna babban ci gaban yakin Russo-Ukrain da ke ci gaba tun daga 2014. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya kasance gabanin tsawaita aikin sojan Rasha tun farkon 2021, da buƙatar Rasha ta haramtawa Ukraine shiga NATO bisa doka, ƙawancen ƙasashen Turai tare da Amurka da Kanada. Kwanakin da suka gabaci wannan farmakin sun kasance ne bayan da Rasha ta amince da wasu jihohin Ukraine guda biyu da suka ayyana kansu, wato Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Donetsk da Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Luhansk, sannan kuma sojojin Rasha sun mamaye yankin Donbas na gabashin Ukraine a ranar 21 ga watan Fabrairu. Da misalin karfe 03:00 UTC (06:00 Moscow Time, MSK) a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, shugaban Rasha Vladimir Putin ya ba da sanarwar wani farmakin soji a gabashin Ukraine; mintuna kadan bayan haka, an fara kai hare-haren makamai masu linzami a wurare a fadin kasar, ciki har da babban birnin kasar Kyiv da ke arewacin kasar. Hukumar kula da kan iyakokin Ukraine ta bayyana cewa an kai wa kan iyakokinta da Rasha da Belarus hari.