Food for thought: Is this whole Ukraine thing a false flag orchestrated by Russia?

I think that it is very likely that the Ukraine is Russian controlled and that this is a huge false flag for Russia to see how far it can go. I also think that if this fleshes out to be something big, a lot of sides will be drawn. NATO vs Russia and from there you have yourself a World War 3. I believe the timing of this is also suspicious because of the peace plan that is rumored to be released at the beginning of next month and will be no later than Feb of next year. I feel like this is a military info gathering operation for Russia and hopefully not a starting point for war. We will see within the next 24 hours.