LOL, America cant do stop Russia, they will take everything they want just by bulldozing ahead.
They dont care about losses, troops, tanks, missiles are expendable. Give it 6 more months.
NATO is powerless.
Don’t be afraid. Putin won’t bother us.
In Russian military doctrine, in black and white, there's a policy called "escalate to de-escalate". In short, this means that if Russia is losing, they will use tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield to show their enemy they mean business, turn the tide, and then de-escalate from there.
NATO has a policy that any country who uses nuclear weapon offensively negates the right to possess nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons will be used strategically to take our their nuclear capabilities.
Of course, Russia has "second strike" capabilities from their submarines which means NATO cities will get nuked. Most war-gamers believe that NATO will defeat Russia in a nuclear war but, again, NATO cities will absorb some nuclear attacks.
I honestly think that Putin is going to call our bluff. If Russia starts losing, he's going to "escalate to de-escalate" with low-yield tactical nukes and place a bet that there will not be a nuclear response from NATO.
Will there be a response? What cities in Western Europe and the United States is NATO willing to sacrifice? Will Putin win this bet or will we call his bluff, nuke the sh*t outta Russia, and lose cities here in retaliation?