The fact that Ukraine, with US help, has been striking targets in Russia hundreds of miles inland shows to Russians exactly what Putin has warned all along. NATO in Ukraine is a security threat. Now imagine those were nuclear cruise missiles?
Imagine if they were using “first string” munitions and aircraft? Ukraine is doing this with help…but we haven’t been sending the “good stuff” for fear of passing off Putin.
We are doing the exact things that Russian did for North Korea and North Vietnam. Payback is a bitch. Especially when our castoff stuff is better than Russia’s.
Try imagining Russia had never invaded Ukraine.