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Well he needed the Crimean bridge, which wasn't finished until 2019. Then he needed to ensure Syria wouldn't flare up. Then he had to ensure his ownership of his goon in Belarus, Lukashenko, by backing him up in 2020. Then there was covid, etc.

Lots of strategic reasons to wait until 2022, not factoring his suspected health issues.

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Dude literally waited until the Olympics were over, basically on the request of his ally.

Ukraine is perfectly invadeable without the Crimean Bridge. Syria is no less likely to flair up now than it was then. Belarus was never going to oppose Russia on this. Covid is not severe enough to impact military readiness. This is all cope.

If Putin had a puppet in the White house he would have invaded. The US could block all NATO support. No one in Europe is going to against the US on military matters. This is the biggest advantage he could possibly have.

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