If you misgender them, they explode.
Russia has lost the initiative. There is no talk of a Russian offensive. It’s the high water mark for Putin.
The issue is really that the US State Dept, DoD and CIA told the White House they could achieve a Russian defeat, and glorious Ukrainian victory for mere money and a few aged arms due to rotate out of US service.
They told the same story in all the European capitals.
They are deeply, deeply invested.
And completely full of bullshit.
There will be no direct NATO involvement.