Are NATO countries in Europe really foolish enough to risk the unknown consequences of WWIII over a NON-NATO country? That’s a pretty big gamble as nobody really knows what WWIII will lead to once the nukes start flying.
Zelensky may be overestimating European willingness and commitment to support a corrupt non-democratic regime when push comes to shove. Just sayin’.
I believe that they are
If Russia succeeds because of NATO’s reluctance to decisively assist Ukraine then they may calculate that they can fight a limited conventional war that links up Kaliningrad with Belarus and swallow up the Baltics. If NATO then decided that they could let that go Putin would not stop until he was stopped.