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Most of those tanks where outdated shit from the 60s. Their only propose was to be stockpiled for russiaboos to jerk themselves off. Anyway, drones have reshaped tactics so much that i doubt that those tanks would be usefull for anything today.
Militarily russia is disastrous, but they still hold a few cards. They do have a nuclear arsenal and they really want us to believe that they are stupid enough to use them in case of need. They have a solid net of spies, mostly around ex USSR countries and they pretty much found the way to weaponize our ellections. Also... they dont have any problem rising slave armies and throwing them at us...
What about russian allies? China and India? I dont see them fighting with russia at the cost of what that could mean for their economies... but what if?
And in our side, our governments are fragile and slow to react and... maybe im wrong in this one cause, while being part of the west, im pretty god damn far from the frontline, but i feel that in general we really don't want to fight.
Drones (which also have their limitations) have made the old tanks specifically much less useful, but armored vehicles are still dearly needed in that conflict, especially APC's (you can't easily acquire and hold territory if you can't get troops to that territory quickly and safely), and those are in very short supply, as evidenced by many videos of Russia now using motorcycles, golf carts, ATVs, and old cars for assaults and troop transport.
The same could be said of EU countries with nukes, but I'm not sure how that's relevant in regards to them attacking the EU, as they can't realistically use their nukes offensively without triggering mutual destruction, and no country is lining up to invade Russia to trigger them to use those defensively.
As effective as their spy and propaganda network is, I don't think they'd be able to get enough EU member states to get to the point of basically disarming themselves and welcoming a Russian invasion force.
You mean North Korean soldiers? Jong-Un sent a relatively small number of troops over (30k out of their 1.3 million strong army) in exchange for technological help from Russia, and because it offered an opportunity for the North Korean military to get some combat experience. It is extremely unlikely they would commit a significant portion of their military to helping conquer the EU when they're always so paranoid of South Korea invading them.