1. Russia has already invaded the Ukraine. It happened under a certain president by the name of Barack Obama. Of course, at that time Mr. Obama refused to call it an invasion for fear of offending Russia. (Had this occurred under Trump, liberals would have screamed bloody murder, but that's another story.) The invasion is ongoing.
2. Now that the Beijing Olympics are over, it is highly unlike Russia will invade Ukraine, although nothing can be ruled out. Russia's M.O. in past invasions (Georgia 2008, Ukraine 2014) is to invade at around the time of Olympics. Russia's other M.O. is that if they want to deploy troops to an area, like Kazahkstan this year, Syria in 2015 or Georgia or Ukraine in the above aforementioned examples, they typically just do it and do not wait around for weeks and months as the invasion is repeatedly pre-announced by U.S. intelligence officials. Giving one's opponent time to prepare is generally bad from the standpoint of military tactics.
3. The most disappointing aspect of all of this has been Biden, Harris, and "senior administration officials" repeatedly saying Putin had already given the order to invade and that it was going to imminently happen. In the best case scenario if no invasion happens they will all have shown themselves as liars. Of course they will probably portray themselves as heroes who "averted" a, for all we know, nonexistent "invasion order".
What could Obama have done about Crimea though? Looking back he should not have drawn that Red Line over Syria.
I think Obama truly wanted to get us out of these conflicts in the Middle East but was caught in an awkward position where if we reduced our presence, these countries would fall into chaos. Even though there was little he could do to stop that besides commit us to to remaining engaged in these countries for a long time.
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