Ukraine doesn't, but NATO does. Even China has been pushing back against Russia's territorial aggression, they have no one to stand up for them on the world sta

Ukraine doesn't, but NATO does. Even China has been pushing back against Russia's territorial aggression, they have no one to stand up for them on the world stage. How does Russia defeat NATO? Grandstanding and brinkmanship punctuated by long periods of low-tension hostility? The whole world knows the score. Putin had to stage terrorist attacks on his own country to secure a single presidency. Without popular appeal he can only threaten people smaller than him, and even those countries are willing to call Putin's bluff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lines_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lines_in_the_Russo-Ukraini...