A proposal to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise two breakaway east Ukraine regions as independent will not be ready for discussion by the relevant parliamentary committee until next week, the committee's head told Reuters on Monday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ce-2022-01-24/
Bear in mind, next Monday is this 31. This is the reason putin wanted asap the USA and NATO response to his demands, so that could start the narrative the he is merely reacting to the west. putin is waiting for his opponents to blink to see how much he can get away with, like the KGB operative he is at heart.