Crazy thought…. Could we be seeing a rope-a-dope with their actions? Appearing to be inept but dangerous enough to drag NATO and the US into a ground conflict then unleash their actual might, destroying the most effective forces there? Their subs could keep our forces pinned to North America and we just don’t have the airlift capacity to move enough troops and materials across the pond, especially with an active Sam sites in the area. Those big c-17’s make a very large target.
Highly doubt it.
Russia might show off fancy weapons here and there, but when you look at manufacturing for them, they make a handful and then the project falls through the cracks.
They'd be steam rolled by NATO forces. Especially in the air.