Vladimir Putin is playing for pivotal concessions from the Western Alliance via Ukraine stand-off that the conflict-mongering West does not understand. Like in a poker game with high stakes, the Kremlin plays its cards and uses bluff as the most helpful weapon without firing a single shot.

Western leaders were upstaged and played into what the Kremlin wanted, to become tools for the Russian leader's objectives.

Putin Knows How To Play His Cards Without Going Into War 

Former UK Rear Admiral Chris Parry knows the Russian leader's game to squeeze Ukraine with geopolitical pressure to proceed slowly but surely, the Express reports.

The Rear Admiral never thought that Russia would commit to war in Ukraine as another means to that end is his geo-military agenda that already bluffed Joe Biden.

Moscow of some troops ordered claims of supposed withdrawal to defuse fears of an already debunked coming invasion.

It drove the White House to hysteria and NATO emplacing their forces to repel an imaginary invasion. He added that parking his troops close to the Ukraine border only exercises to know their collective advantages.

Keeping his forces poised and waiting will only make others guess and agonize what happens next, the enigmatic Putin has the means to gain what he wants from a clueless western alliance.

Obtaining a land bridge to Crimea and pressure Kyiv over the pro-Russian republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, noted India A2Z.

Opinion on the Kremlin's Moves

Mr. Parry had talked on GB News and declared that he never thought that Vladimir Putin would even Invade Ukraine; it is not in Putin's interest at all.

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He is playing the odds with NATO and the US to get what he needs. It is noticeable how the US-driven hysteria does not benefit the allies, cited Business Insider.

One observation is that more Russian amphibian vessels were in the Black Sea. He added it's nothing extraordinary because there is a major fleet of port bases in Sevastopol in Crimea.

It's only putting pressure around Ukraine as a general strategy; it's a naval exercise done every 18 months.

No difference in the mobilization of Russian forces in the Baltic, along with Mongolia borders, cause panic.

By disappointing the West and infuriating their predictions and provocations as the basis of their claims, no unit from the border invaded or attacked. What will the US and NATO do next?

By doing so, Putin has signaled that he wants something and they should give it or else.

The Kremlin has not been given what it wants, though the reactions of the western alliance are fully noted.

Next on his agenda is to squeeze Ukraine through financial means also apply stress on their leaders and people.

Learning from these probes as he tests the waters; next is when to do it again soon or in the future. The timing could vary, though, when the timing is perfect.

Mr. Putin knows enough that invasion is a great risk; instead, he goes for his geo-military goal without firing a shot from Russian armies.

He added it would be preposterous for conflict after meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, leading to no negotiation.

According to Rear Admiral Parry, Vladimir Putin has meant other than warfare to get concessions, compared to Joe Biden and NATO leaders, and he's someone to consider as formidable in many ways.

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