Perhaps I’m wrong, but I get the distinct impression Putin is just yanking Biden‘s chain. Putin has no intention of invading Ukraine, he’s just toying with the idiot in the White House.
Which is really a dick move. It’s bad form to pick on those who are weak and retarded.
No, Biden started the fire when he said Russia could take part of Ukraine.
Maintaining 100k troops on Ukraine’s border is a pretty expensive bluff to keep going for long.
The problem is, when nothing happens, the Press will proclaim that “Biden Stared Putin Down”.
I don’t expect a full invasion but maybe Putin will push slightly beyond the 2014 borders in Donbas. Just enough to humiliate Brandon and show how useless NATO is without pissing off the Germans. That probably won’t happen until after the new pipline is fully operational. So this “crisis” is going to carry on for a while.