I don’t see how it escalates.
Vlad knows the US Mid-Terms are coming and the liberals are going to lose at least the House, maybe both. All he has to do is wait out the winter until the US Congress is seated, with his newly-minted army of 300K.
And he wins the whole enchilada with 4 new provinces added to the federation, and a US Congress that isn’t going to approve another dime for Ukraine. Then add to that the impeachment of Chairman Xiden.
All he has to do is wait out the winter while Europe freezes.
I think what worries a lot of people around the world is that America is currently led by a cabal of warmongers who are also infested with globalist “ten per centers” already on record multiple times as favoring a drastic reduction of the world’s population. We all know what means are available to bring about that end result, and the few people in NATO countries at least who could survive such a thing are the elites who don’t care whether we live or die, and hope we die.
When did the USA ever have a government before that was committed to policies that could lead to a drastic reduction of the population of not only the nation but the world?
Some involved may have limited vision and may see only a bit of good being done, others may simply not care, figuring either Putin backs down, or they get to the grand reset involved in being the only people left to rebuild our countries.
I don’t trust them because they stole the election and everybody knows it.