Vladimir Putin’s plunge into Ukraine has turned America and Russia into mortal enemies even though they’re not firing directly at each other. Rather, America, as the leading member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is pouring billions of dollars into a classic proxy war against the Russians. 

NATO, led by America, is fighting Russia through the medium of the Ukraine forces that in addition to halting the Russian advance have forced the Russians into a humiliating retreat from regions they had overrun in the opening weeks after their invasion.