Is Putin as keen on war over Ukraine as he's made out to be?
More and more, I am thinking Putin may have put that force there to drive up oil prices. Especailly since idiot Pedo Joe deep 6'ed our oil independence. Russian coffers come out a lot better than at $100/bbl oil than $50/bbl. If that is the incentive, deploying 100K troops as false flag operation, is a pretty damned good investment.
The only other incentive, and Tucker Carlson has hit on it numerous times, is that the Russians are paranoid that NATO may add Ukraine to the fold. Otherwise, Putin and Russian certainly won't risk that much, with so much to lose.