Putin’s gone through most of his egg money already just helping the separatists. That first convoy he sent into the Ukraine got ambushed and wiped out. The Western credi window is being cranked closed. He’s on the verge of getting kicked out of the G8 and the EU is turning very sour on him. Putey is up to his azz in alligators at the moment and he still has not figured out how to get out of this swamp. The Ukrainians are not going to roll over and just let the Russians take their country.
The Ukes are grossly under militarized and have little to no defense at all. Why Putin is taking this long is beyond me. He can have it at any time. He may be trying to slip in “unnoticed” through his so-called “rebels”, but everyone is on to his game. He could storm the Ukraine and take it all, but the latent NATO reaction is not fully understood at this time. THAT’S his problem.