If Putin wants to make this a war, he’s lost before it even started.
If he invades the Ukraine, NATO countries will devastate Russia with the worst sanctions they’ve ever had, including freezing all the offshore assets of Putin and his co-conspirators.
If he backs off, that will be proof positive that he’s nothing but bluster, and the Ukraine will quickly become a NATO member nation just to spite him, as well as protect themselves from all future publicity stunts from Vladimir Ditch-Digger.
At this point, Putin would be better off going back to Ditch Digging now, in fact.
If Putin wants to make this a war, he’s lost before it even started.
If he invades the Ukraine, NATO countries will devastate Russia with the worst sanctions they’ve ever had, including freezing all the offshore assets of Putin and his co-conspirators.
If he backs off, that will be proof positive that he’s nothing but bluster, and the Ukraine will quickly become a NATO member nation just to spite him, as well as protect themselves from all future publicity stunts from Vladimir Ditch-Digger.
At this point, Putin would be better off going back to Ditch Digging now, in fact.