The idea that NATO would "strike" at Russia is delusional and you know it. What NATO would do, and does do, and is the reason why NATO is the good guy, is support democracy and democratic protests. That's what Putin fears: Democracy at home, and he wants to control what happens in Ukraine and in the Baltics. Putin does NOT want those people to democratically control what happens in their own countries. You can always tell who is a disinformation apologist for tyranny like you because I bet you refuse to acknowledge the fact that NATO/America/EU/Ukraine and America's allies are far less undemocratic than Russia, that Russia makes countries less democratic while America makes countries become less undemocratic, and that this difference in democracy is worth fighting for: https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores