Why?

Rodick: I think shijinping gave an amber light to this operation, provided it doesn't interfere with the olympics. He thought that the disorderly withdrawal from afghanistan meant that the us would not rally round ukraine. A second democratically elected president, a whereasa demand for oil and gas and coal a dropping in western europe. So he thought in five or ten years time, itw'll be even more difficult to conquer ukraine so why not? Now, i really appreciate those explanations.