I keep thinking of the Russo/Finnish War of 1939/40. The Russkies didn’t do too good there at first. It wasn’t until Stalin just overwhelmed them with tons of firepower.
The Russians respect only strength. At the present time, the US is weak. We need to wake up soon.
With NATO as weak as it is Putin could move militarily a long way west and north and south, (east?) Will the Russian people say Nyet!