The plan was to use an opportunity presented by extremely week United States president. It was based on the calculation that Ukraine will not resist and US wil

The plan was to use an opportunity presented by extremely week United States president. It was based on the calculation that Ukraine will not resist and US will back off. To test the theory, Russia used multiple threats to verify this theory and got expected response each time. What they miscalculated was the strength of Ukrainian army and their own coordination and logistical capability. So now we all are in the situation none of us really wants to be. Why Germany has painted itself into corner? Because they were really really stupid. They closed their nuclear plants and made themselves very dependent from Russian gas. They were arrogant to think that they know Russia better than Baltics do.