The other events were definitely talked about, but this does feel like it's getting more action than any previous event.
If I had to guess the big reason this is getting more attention is in part due to being a bigger country, and being in Europe. America definitely doesn't care as much about Africa and the Middle East, and Europe probably cares more about Russia getting closer to western Europe than they really care about the Middle East.
If I had to guess the big reason this is getting more attention is in part due to being a bigger country, and being in Europe. America definitely doesn't care as much about Africa and the Middle East, and Europe probably cares more about Russia getting closer to western Europe than they really care about the Middle East.