We could debate how strong it was given that it hasn't deterred the US from escalation. Again, using the logic you are applying to Russia in Ukraine.
It has altered the status quo?. Sure it has, so has this war with Iran now getting Su-35's and Turkey causing a rift inside NATO with politicians openly calling to sack them out, one of their oldest and more steadfast members and several countries joining China and Russia into replacing the US dollar as an exchange currency.
That has more to do with the geographical nature of a conflict with Taiwan, being an island, rather than Chinese strengths or Russian weaknesses on their own.
Would China be able to blockade and prevent any support from reaching, say, India?. I seriously doubt it.
And what are Russia's options short of shooting down NATO's E-3 over NATO airspace with all its repercusions? Which leads to second similar question: what are NATO's option to descalate that won't completely destroy their own image to the world and accelerate the rest of the world moving away from them and signals to China that NATO and the EU are actually has-beens?
Your original argument made it seem NATO already has this war in the bag which is hardly the case.
Anyway...
Poland to send PT-91's on top of the Leopard 2A4. Likely the old PT-91 base variant, which isn't that much of an improvement over the previous T-72M's outside the ERA.
The US claims they now have realized they don't have tanks available to give to Ukraine hence why it will take longer to source them
Massive explosion in one of Odessa's substations
Interesting video from a few weeks ago, where a Russian T-72B3 manages to hold off for a while an Ukranian armored column of multiple BMP's and APC. In the confussion, one of the Ukranian vehicles opens fire on other Ukranian vehicles.
