“…Russia in a corner is a Bad Thing because Putin is already afraid of being invaded/dominated by the West. While I doubt there would be any serious incursion into Russia, American airstrikes or even small-scale raids into Russia proper might push Putin over the edge. A desperate Putin facing a humiliating retreat with a bloodthirsty NATO army to its west might result in really bad stuff happening. What kind of really bad stuff? Like a Presidential Alert on your cell phone before the screen goes dark permanently 15-20 minutes later…”
– Don Shift at https://www.donshift.com/blog/predictions-what-world-war-iii-might-look-like