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Eh, Putin is primarily interested in taking over old USSR territory and restoring Russia to their former power. Even he isn't dumb enough to intentionally fire a bullet at a NATO member, as it would not go well in his favor. Sure, they have nukes, but a lot has changed in the last ~40 years. It isn't even certain his nukes could hit many of their critical targets before being shot down or have their guidance systems meddled with. I'm not sure he could even really rely on China backing him up, as they wouldn't see much value in going head to head with NATO. They're much more inclined towards the long term strategy that's been working quite well for them so far.
With that being said, I hope I'm not proven wrong. War is horrific and I truly wish for me and my offspring to never see the day another world war breaks out.
Yet. That’s the problem with his behaviour and the reason why we need to see this as a lead up. He’s pushing boundaries, testing our resolve, finding cracks and stoking divisions. He’s not going to attack a NATO member yet, but sooner or later he will find the right time, the right member, to strike and expose our weakness.
Putler can't even keep his logistics together 150km from his own border
His professional army is gone, it's all conscripts and poorly trained mercs from Africa and the Indian subcontinant
His modern armour is gone, Russia is fielding T-55s to cover losses
He has been denied air superiority over the combat theatre by 40 year old soon-to-be-retired weaponry
A third of the black sea fleet is at the bottom of the black sea and was put there by a country with no navy...
He wont do shit, he cant do shit...
All this and NATO havent even turned up yet
It’s not wise to underestimate the enemy. We need to stop this them as soon as possible. Time only helps them. Even with their ratshit military they can still hurt a lot of innocent people.
Maybe that’s that problem.