At best, they start a negotiation and at worst, they continue their plan to invade. You can’t start a war without people talking, so it was probably an open se

At best, they start a negotiation and at worst, they continue their plan to invade. You can’t start a war without people talking, so it was probably an open secret within the spy circles and Russia wouldn’t have been surprised if the US knew. The US played all their cards right. It would have been better if China helped but given the last presidency, you can’t really blame them for mistrusting the US.