As soon as foreign warplanes enter Ukraine to hit Russian forces, Russian missiles will likely hit the foreign airports, thus, targeting the NATO territory. This is how the WWIII may become.
[southfront.org]
I seriously doubt that Putin's advisors will let him fall into that NATO Article V trap. The foreign aircraft will be targeted over Ukraine, Belorus or Russia to avoid triggering the snare that they represent. And NATO cannot hid behind Low Probability of Intercept technology to avoid being shot down, Russia perfected the trick to targeting stealth aircraft. Just like when hunting Ohio class boomers in the coastal waters of Russia, they looked for the holes in the ocean that were not echoing sounds, when seeking stealth aircraft they look for the places that don't have the expected echoes that American radar filters out.
Here is the other key aspect that could develop quickly: Control of satellites and space. The ability to neutralize or destroy the enemies satellites will take away their "eyes in the skies". This would also likely bring down our communications, electrical and heating grids and cause widespread chaos.
We need to be very careful in escalating the conflict beyond control. Things could get scary fast
Also...China is sitting in wait-mode ready to take Taiwan. Some analysts say this could happen between April and June
Or, why not Rusdia, then Ukraine? Forget Taiwan for now?