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EU is not a military force or organization.I don’t think the Russians are too scared about a military response from the EU.
It's thoroughly civilian society, economy, communications and transportation.
NATO is the military organization that long preceded EU. While Biden is shy to deploy more troops abroad Europe is not Afghanistan. Europe being what it is, Biden placing 8500 US troops in the USA on a "high alert" is only the beginning of increased deployments to Europe, to include equipment, supplies, sustainment.
Putin wants to break up NATO by exploiting the inherently flawed Germany and chase the US out of Europe. Being the dictator that Putin is however he's bumbling into causing Europe & the USA to beef up US military presence for the long term. Indeed, after two world wars and the long and slogging Cold War the US isn't going anywhere, and certainly not because of the current Russo-German Geostrategic Axis.
The USA is profoundly invested in Europe so it's not going away while Putin can only covet it as a number of Russian leaders have done over history. And Europe's history with Russia is a lousy one with only a couple of decent Russian "The Great" leaders. Plus leaders on both sides of the pond need to recognize the always dangerous and foolhardy relationship between Russia & Germany. It's been nothing but a series of partnering in which one betrays the other in their shared disastrous obsession to dominate the continent and one another.