I don't know why you think this place is dead. The alt-right just say stupid shit in their little holes from time to time.

I admit that I was certainly wrong about Putin's intentions. I don't think the CIA was being honest, though. Clearly Putin wasn't just going to seize territory he could already basically control. He did want to hit Kiev and take out the government in a lighting strike attack that the CIA did report. What he doesn't seem to want to do is a full scale conquest of the country. Maybe replace the government if given the opportunity, but not send Russian soldiers to occupy the border with Slovakia.