If Russia does not attack the US it is on a path that will lead to its demise. NATO and the US have allowed the destruction of Ukraine, no doubt because the price of saving Ukraine is Ukraine. These drone attacks have proved devastating and the impact on Russia's economy will be huge. Germany, Japan and France are also feeling the heat. Russia is in a corner where they will lose and their only hope of not being destroyed is to take out the US. If the US goes down, so does France and Germany and Japan will not be able to defend the South China sea from China.