Not really. Russia acts as bully as long as we let her. Any show of strength and resolve would make them run and hide. As delusional and suicidal Russians can be, they realize that there is no winning against superior force. Their weapons are mostly junk, and they know that.
“Any show of strength and resolve would make them run and hide.”
Already too late for that.
And while the West is technologically superior, is there really a will to use it in Ukraine? I don’t see it.
The Ukrainians have to stand up for themselves first, and other than the Northwest radicals, we haven’t seen any real signs that they are willing to do so.
“Their weapons are mostly junk, and they know that.”
That is why they have this insane policy http://thebulletin.org/why-russia-calls-limited-nuclear-strike-de-escalation