I think it’s fair to say that the biggest threat to the average Russian isn’t NATO, which never had any intentions of invading Russia in the first place, but Vladimir Putin and the group of criminal lunatics currently running the Russian government
The truth is that the invasion of Ukraine was simply an attempt by Putin, his government, and Russian oligarchs to maintain their grip on power and prevent the same kind of pro European revolution that happened in Ukraine in 2014 from happening in Belarus and mainland Russia
It was never about NATO threatening Russia, but about the possibility that Russians might have gotten rid of their current elites. 1.5 million casualties are nothing for someone who is accused of bombing apartment buildings full of Russian civilians to justify a military intervention in Chechnya in 1999, if it means he can stay in power