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Originally Posted by Pointman
While there's a lot of truth in your post, it should be noted that it wasn't Russia who was de-stabilizing the situation in Ukraine at the first place. Just a couple of days ago all the western media were about how "the pro-EU people of Ukraine" have toppled the "pro-Moscow" president, and how Russia's interests in the region are defeated. Now that Putin has made decisive - albeit wrong - moves to benefit from the situation, people are talking about how it was his plan from the start.
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I'm not sure which you were watching, but a lot of the news up here a lot of it was the corrupt president who stole $70 billion dollars from Ukrainians over three years and a triumph over corruption. CNN isn't the best new source for example.
Let's not be naive here about the plans either, something as tactically sophisticated as an invasion doesn't get planned overnight. You would need to know which buildings to seize, which areas needed to be secured and the logistics of how to move your troops. Targets and key locations need to be identified (as well as their geo location), infrastructure needs to be identified, route planning needs to occur, communications and how to misinform regarding identity of troops needs to be planned. Invasions are tricky business and usually take weeks if not months of coordinated planning. All that combined with how well the press communications happen as well as how coordinated all the troop activity was leaves no doubt about the quality of the planning involved. Given the timelines involved, the plans were probably drawn up prior to the Olympics at minimum.