After a five hour meeting with French President Macron over the Ukraine military situation, both Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference.  At that event, Putin was asked how Russia could deal with NATO's superior conventional forces.  Putin responded "Yes, NATO's conventional forces are more than Russia's.  But Russia is the top NUCLEAR power. If Ukraine joins NATO or anyone tries to take Crimea by force, NATO will be dragged into a war that no one will win."