I was thinking the same thing. What I came up with is Putin wants to be strategic in his moves as not to kill to many people and lay waste the country.
take his time move in slowly

I watch a News Station called RT News it is a lot different coverage then ours you might like it not saying it is all true just like ours.


RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.


On Direct Tv it is Ch 321

RT News https://www.rt.com/