NATO panicking, using the threat of forces being sent into Ukraine to get the Russians to negotiate peace. Problem for NATO is Russia can't trust them, the US runs the show and the European leaders are just vassals hence the slob Nuland comment "f^$* the EU".
Putin has to be the luckiest Russian leader even.......he's up against a gay man in France, a cross dresser in Ukraine and a cadaver man in the US.
Russian hierarchy must sit back and laugh at their strategic meetings when discussing their political opponents.
