Quick meme I created, it's pretty accurate.
I find it baffling though that so many people still underestimate that war criminal. Putin, being the sly chess player he is, definitely factored in all the criticism, and expected the sanctions, and the hatred.
He knows that a war takes months, even years. I don't buy it for one second that he expected to take a whole country, or even just the capital Kyiv, in just a week or two.
His ultimate goal is to divide the world once again, firmly putting West against East, which will establish Russia again as a superpower. Despite all the sanctions, let us not forget that 150 out of 202 countries in the world are not sanctioning Russia.
While I hope Ukraine kick his ass, let us not sell the bear before we haven't shot it.