Where did the meme about three days come from? No Russian official has given a deadline, unlike the Ukrainians, who are announcing for the third time that they will soon be throwing a party in Crimea (Source: Kirill Budanov, Ukrainian Russian-speaking head of intelligence). NATO must be significantly depleted before a major war, both economically and armageously, so it is obvious that this may take time. These terms are impossible to predict because of dynamic factors, so no one does it in Russia.