Can Russia fight NATO countries alone? If war happens, which countries will support Russia?

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Russia vs NATO: Amid the raging Russia-Ukraine war and the massive Ukrainian attack on the defence assets of Russia, tensions between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Russia are growing by leaps and bounds. For those unversed, Russia recently faced a massive attack after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) struck at least 41 aircraft, which it claimed were used to bomb Ukrainian cities. As a response to attack, Russia is expected to take a much-stronger action against Ukraine, which may lead to a NATO-Russia conflict in the near future. However, the question is, can Russia fight all of the NATO countries alone?
After Ukraine attacked Russia in its drone attack, several countries of Europe including UK are already preparing for war. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also noted that he was confident that members of the NATO alliance would sign up to Donald Trump's demand for a major boost in defence spending (possibly indicating of a war scenario).
If Russia goes to war against US-led NATO, only countries like Belarus and China are expected to help it. Can Russia defeat NATO alone?
As per media reports, Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal (5,580 warheads), along with 1.5 million soldiers, 12,500 tanks, and 6,500 artillery units. However, NATO, for a comparison, has over 3.5 million troops, along with 6,000 nuclear weapons distributed among 31 countries. Therefore, analysts believe that Russia may not be able to defeat NATO alone, and that too in a scenario where it has been engaged in the Ukraine war for almost three years. US President on Russia-Ukraine war progression
In a significant development on the progression of the Russia-Ukraine war, the White House informed that US President Donald Trump remains optimistic about the progress being seen amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and urged his counterparts from Russia and Ukraine to talk directly with one another, as per a report by news agency ANI.
Leavitt noted during press briefing that Russia handed over a peace plan to the Ukrainian side and the two nations agreed on the exchange of prisoners from each other's nations. She said that Trump is a realist and knows that the two nations have been engaged in the conflict due to former US President Joe Biden's 'weakness and incompetence.'
(With inputs from agencies)