Baltic states are tiny compared to Russia, and Russians really don't care how many soldiers they lose. So, of course Russians can steamroll the Baltics if there isn't significant foreign help. But I agree it's EU leader's job to finally increase military spending, invest to grow our economies instead of following BS austerity policies, and make sure we can defend Eastern Europe.
As far as US-Russia-China relations go, you can't trust any promises Russia makes to the US. They will betray Americans as soon as China offers them a better deal, which I believe they can. They can just wait until China invades Taiwan, and then attack Eastern Europe & make deal with China while America is too busy fighting them.
As far as US-Russia-China relations go, you can't trust any promises Russia makes to the US. They will betray Americans as soon as China offers them a better deal, which I believe they can. They can just wait until China invades Taiwan, and then attack Eastern Europe & make deal with China while America is too busy fighting them.