With regards to any potential NATO conflict things that are likely in a non nuclear confrontation.
You can be pretty sure the NATO top brass have already drawn up contingency plans.
In wouldn’t be surprised if there are already some covert NATO specialist units in Ukraine aiding the resistance.
Based on the performance of the Russian army so far, NATO will shred them like cheddar on a grater.
NATO can invade from multiple directions at once, through Poland in the West, the Baltic’s in the North, or through the Black Sea via Turkey. Or all simultaneously.
I wouldn’t mind betting that chucking a few million their way will cause Chechens and other minorities in Russia to have an internal revolt.
For shits and giggles they might also go through Belarus and we will see how quickly their military turns on their beloved leader. People generally don’t want to die for dictators.
China has rightly reached the conclusion that when all this is over someone still needs to buy their tit, and that ain’t gonna be Russia who are about to enter the mother of all recessions with a worthless currency.
So reasons to be cheerful? Russia is fucked with a stick.