Many people were fooled in the past, but now we know their military is a joke, their economy is tiny, most Russians live in what we Americans would consider utter poverty, and they are depending on Alibaba and Ebay for their high technology.
And even their propaganda posters aren't very good at their job.
The Ukrainians don’t even know what a failure their state is. Their leftist media and their “President” tell them to die a glorious death to keep that evil and corruption in power.