So the "people's republics" all announced referendums (on the subject of joining Russian Federation) to take place within the next few days, and Putin was supposed to make a TV appearance, presumably to speak on the subject. The expectation is that of course these territories will be formally annexed by Russia and this will open a legal pathway for military draft/mobilization/special slaughter operation or whatever they will call it. Putin's speech had been postponed though, likely until tomorrow.
Some people won't understand why Putin invaded Ukraine until it's in a coloring book and even then unless it's a woke coloring book it would be ignored. It's really not hard to understand, but you must first come to grips with the idea that the USA doesn't always do everything fairly and we take actions on others we wouldn't tolerate in return. Those blindly stuck in the brainwashed state that Joe Biden isn't running our country off a cliff will never understand. They're too busy in defense mode and brainwashed to believe whatever lies they're told.
Putin's best investment right there. Doesn't even need to pay 15 rubles to each individual, just feed some bullshit to right wing nutjob media and they all parrot it as if they're in on some great secret. Pathetic.