It doesn't look like Russia will hold back forever and stand down from a response to Nato’s moves against them. They intend to take out a minimum of Lithuania, and most likely will take out all three of the Baltic states – and now Finland will also be a new target as a new Nato member.
They may also take out major Poland defenses to make sure they can't attack Russia.
Russians believe they have already been attacked on several fronts by the west, and they might as well go to war first and have an advantage in the final outcome. But they might wait until this fall to attack, since the millions of European citizens will be cold and hungry due to the lack of oil and gas and more likely to rebel against their governments at some point.

I see a WW3 scenario unfolding and feel it on a daily basis. It is not a matter of if, but only a matter of when.
It wasn't until the past few months that I started thinking of a nuclear war. Before then it was not even on my radar. The actual events on what is going on with military conflicts forced me to consider the possibility. And, since that time the global situation has not subsided, but gotten worse.
The globalist’s “push” to destroy what they consider rogue nations, is what is driving the possibility of a nuclear war.
Unless the US and Nato strikes first and wipes out Russia, it is inevitable that there will be a war coming from Russia against the US, it is guaranteed. It can't be stopped, unless the US strikes first with a massive preemptive attack. However, what are the chances of that happening?

So far it appears that the west only intends to keep poking the bear with a sharp stick until Russia loses patience and strikes back. Once that happens the globalist lackeys will cry and moan and tell the world that: “The bear made an unprovoked attack against free nations! And in response we have no choice but to vaporize him off the planet.”

So, all of this posturing and game playing against Russia is all made to get Russia to strike first, then it is game on until the end. This is not brain surgery; it is easy to comprehend what is going on. This is a deliberate attack against Russia to force them into war, then afterwards steal their land and oil. And the Russian people in their mind are expendable.

But Putin is too smart for that. He will destroy the globalists in such a massive way, that whatever schemes they had will no longer work, since they will be as dead as burnt toast.

However, looking at it theoretically, the US and Nato could win, if they attack first without mercy. That is also a scary thought that would receive an automatic response from Russia through their “dead hand” nuclear retaliation response. Either way you look at it, whether Russia strikes first or the US and Europe strikes first, the result is the same – a radioactive wasteland and billions dead.

None of the recent moves by Biden and Nato in Europe surprises me, as insane and incendiary as they are. Nato is rushing in troops into the Baltic states, Finland, Poland and other locations at breakneck speed right now. They have tens of thousands already pre-positioned for combat and they are activating a minimum of 300,000.
The only people that don't know about this are the average citizens that are brain dead and ready to follow Biden into war.
The case for war has been made, the players are being placed on the board. All that needs to happen next are the actual steps towards WW3 and a nuclear Armageddon.

The doubling down by the west against Russia is expanding on a daily basis. I listened to part of Biden's speech at the Madrid meeting of 7 nations. He now calls the situation in Ukraine "the war against Russia".
He also blames all the economic slowdowns, inflation and high gas prices on the Russian war. He also said that the US would never stop defending Ukraine against Russia. The Biden administration just increased more financial support for Ukraine with another $800 billion. And Congress is approving this unlimited support without questioning it one bit.

Each time this support reaches Ukraine it prolongs the war against Russia. There is no end in sight with the west building up arms, supplies, soldiers and money for the war against Russia.

With the situation in Lithuania, and now the added blockade by Norway against Russian miners in a North Atlantic sea island, the squeeze against Russia is increasing exponentially. It is only a matter of time before the Russians explode with anger against what they say is a declaration of war against them. As I see it, with the Russians holding back from actions, while the west keeps encroaching against them, the possibility of the Russians making one major nuclear strike against the west increases dramatically.
In one day the border line of Nato in Finland alongside Russia increased by 800 miles. Gee, I wonder if Putin will notice.

They are playing with fire and they know it. They are expecting a Russian knee jerk reaction on a global scale, that the world has never seen. And as they do this, they are acting as if they are the innocent ones.
I expect other actions to take place in the Middle East and in SE Asia against Japanese islands, Taiwan vs. China and South Korea heating up against North Korea. Russia may expand the war front to include those two other areas to keep the west spread thin and take some heat off the European theater.

With Turkey's action to allow Finland and Sweden to join Nato, this is prompting Russia and Syria to attack Turkey inside Syria with less hesitation. With Israel helping Ukraine and the west, Russia is prone to attack Israeli assets and knock out future bombing runs against Syria.
For years Russia has walked a tightrope not to get in Israel's way. But now the gloves are off and they see Israel as a direct enemy, along with Saudi Arabia and a few other Mid-East countries.

Qatar is working with Israel to put a gas pipeline through Syria to Europe, which would leave Russia out of the picture. The US, Israel and other Mid-East nations are working to overthrow the Assad regime and place a puppet government in Syria. However, they will have to destroy the Syrian and Russian military to make that happen. Hence the war against Russia.

At the beginning of the Syrian war the Russians had 50,000 citizens working and living in Syria. Since that time Russia has 63,000 troops in Syria, plus an unknown number of civilians and support people on bases and ports. There could be 100k to 150k Russians living in Syria at this time. Does anyone think that amount of people are going to pack up and leave because Israel wants the land for a pipeline?

That area is building towards a war just as much as the war between Ukraine and Russia. Iran is a key player that is expanding its military power to be used against Israel and anyone that gets in their way. And they don't care how many of their own people get killed, it would only prompt their Muslim savior to show up sooner to help them kill enemies. All the nations are counting on their personal god to defend them when the chips are down. This is the insanity of religion that will increase the deaths of innocent people into the billions. They say religions are always good for a nation? Ha I say them, in some cases it is a death cult.
But hey, look on the bright side, since all wars are bankers wars, the military industrial complex will make $ billions – while the globalist death cult kills off millions of “useless eaters” to fulfill their depopulation agenda. George Eaton