Pairing the turmoil with Ukraine with this article from StangeSounds starts to make a lot of sense. Esau historially "tests" certain forms of wickedness...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9GYTc53r2o&feature=emb_logo
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive...