US intelligence indicates Russia preparing operation to justify invasion of Ukraine
https://us.cnn.com/2022/01/14/politi...lag/index.html
I was thinking that Putin might not be able to play the long game, because Hungary is having elections this year and if Viktor Orban loses, he would not longer be able to destabilize the EU politically, by invading Ukraine he would be able to directly give assistant to other autocratic regime *coff* Kazakhstan *coff*