I am afraid that it will force a much larger war, but I'm sure most of the players in this game want that.
Yes, the large war is the idea @tarotbyfergus, but it is not a wish of most of the players. It is a wet dream of a declining Empire and UK only: https://t.me/rtnews/20884 But they would not dare to attack Russia themselves. They need a bunch of fools to die for their interests.
Now we will see if there are any more states in EU really ready to go to war against the military superpower of the World.