1. Warmongering Western countries pouring "last generation" Tanks, warplanes and artillery into Ukraine.

2. Likely presence of Western military men fighting on the ground, in Ukrainian army uniform.

3.Germany 's recent sabre- rattling rhetoric that reminds us those days when operation Barbarossa was at its climax

4. Thousands of rockets being flown to Ukraine in cargo planes from the U.S, and the E.U.

5. The United States not showing any sign of de-escalating the conflict.

With about 90 % of those countries that have the most destructive military force on Earth , involved in a conflict and you still think we are not closer to WW3 than ever ?
Think again.
The only reason why France and UK are not openly declaring war on Russia is because, they have no African colony anymore. Has they had the possibility to draw five million African fighters into this war, for free, without being held accountable as they did in WW1 and WW2, you would have seen a different scenario . You would see French and British troops beating war drums heading to the Russian border through Poland right now .

May God help us all

Lack of African colonies is not the reason they are not beating the drums of war, the reason is Russia's nuclear weapons

Even when the French used Africans to fight during WW2 it didn't stopped the French army from being fried and grinded by the Germans, Britain or the other hand were subjected to a humiliating defeat by the Japanese in Singapore, despite using large Numbers of Africans and Indians during the war.