Hours before the Zelensky meeting, Putin...

[Jredbaron96]

Staging and actually invading are two separate things. Yes, staging comes first, but the order of invading can come at anytime after staging has completed, or not at all.

This is weaksauce.

The Russians mobilized around 200,000 troops for the invasion, most of their ground forces in addition to substantial air and missile elements as well. This is not a force you can throw together in a few months, especially because it required leaving behind substantial number of conscript troops who, for legal reasons, couldn't take part in the invasion.

The evidence points towards Russia's decision to invade being a reaction to the internal politics of Ukraine, and the substantial buildup a necessity to try to spin up the Russian army into what would be its largest operation in it's modern history.

Oh well.

Do you know, at all, what Russia's reaction to Euromaiden was or its commentary during?

 

[Jredbaron96]

Regardless of what you think of those actions, the indisputable fact is that the world is now taking steps towards a possible end to this war. Biden didn't even bother, probably not capable of doing it.

This isn't true at all; Biden made repeated overtures, at one point even going so far as to nearly throw Ukraine under the bus. Russia's response was largely to just demand mutually contradictory concessions and vague allusions to political requests.

 

[Craig234]

You're just stuck in your hate Trump mode.

You're just stuck in your trump cult mode.

Trump has been remarkably successful in the last 5 days.

trump has been Putin's agent and failed to get Putin to do almost anything. He is on Putin's side saying Ukraine can never join NATO and has to give up land. He said he would get a cease fire, met with Putin who said no, now says no cease fire is needed.