My prediction is that Vlad is will enter Ukraine and spend a few weeks doing more saber rattling than actual wartime damage. He will walk away from the negotiation table with all the Western leaders and as tensions rise towards possible WW3, he will choose to negotiate with his favorite asset, Trump. Vlad backs down and Trump takes credit and launches his campaign back to the White House. The plan all along was to get Russia back in control of the White House and not Kiev.