The reason it’s bloodless is because of good discipline by the Ukrainian army, got nothing to do with civilians. Putin would love to have them fire the “first shot.” Ukrainians outsmarted him, and if they play it right, could be big PR disaster if Crimeans continue fleeing, for economic, political, or security reasons, leaving a lot of Muslim Tatars and a few ethnic Russians in the Southeast corner.
Putin gets nothing he didn’t have before, and looks like a turd at the opera in world opinion. His personal wealth took a $5 billion hit on Monday (12% of $40 billion) I think that’s why he calmed down a little.
Yeh Putey is already racheting down the rhetoric. I think he’s starting to get that feeling when you wake up naked in a crowd of stangers. :-)